Enhancement of Through-Thickness Thermal Transport in Unidirectional Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastic Laminates due to the Synergetic Role of Carbon Nanofiber Z-Threads

Table 3

Comparison of the experimental thermal conductivity results and the predicted results from various models, wherein the modeling results with relative errors less than 50% are shown in bold.

Experimental data		(W/m-K)		(W/m-K)	(W/m-K)
		1.31		3.61	9.85
Modeling Data	(0 wt% CNF) (W/m-K)		(1 wt% CNF) (W/m-K)
Series model [CF-R-CNF]	0.76	58%	0.77	21%	8%
Parallel model [CF//R//CNF]	8.26	631%	11.39	316%	116%
Model [control CFRP//CNF]	—	—	4.44	123%	45%
Model [control CFRP-CNF]	—	—	1.31	36%	13%
Model [R//(CF-CNF)]	8.26	631%	8.30	230%	84%
Model [CNF//(CF-R)]	0.76	58%	3.89	108%	40%
Model [CF-(R//CNF)]	0.76	58%	11.39	316%	116%
Model [R-(CF//CNF)]	0.76	58%	0.78	22%	8%
Model [CNF-(R//CF)]	8.26	631%	8.29	230%	84%