Novel microwave processing of carbon nanotube/thermoplastic composites

碳纳米管/热塑性复合材料的新型微波加工

• 批准号: LP160101361
• 负责人: Prof John Zhu
• 金额: $ 21.7万
• 依托单位: The University of Queensland
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Linkage Projects
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2017-07-14 至 2021-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/LP160101361
• 关键词: Novel; microwave; processing; carbon; nanotube

This project aims to develop a novel fabrication process for carbon nano-tube (CNT) / thermoplastic composites. The method, with lab based ‘proof of concept’, uses microwaves and overcomes problems of dispersion and aggregation of CNTs, which limit properties of the nano-composites. At lab scale, a 50 per cent increase in stiffness of polypropylene and an increase in electrical conductivity with the addition of 0.5 weight percent CNT has been demonstrated. This project should unravel mechanisms by which these outstanding property improvements are achieved and will scale up the process to industrial level. Expected outcomes will be economical, lighter and stronger plastics for manufacturing applications such as rotational molding, transport and electronic packaging.

该项目旨在开发一种新型碳纳米管（CNT）/热塑性复合材料的制造工艺。该方法基于实验室的“概念验证”，使用微波并克服了CNT的分散和聚集问题，这些问题限制了纳米复合材料的性能。在实验室规模，增加了50%的刚度聚丙烯和导电性增加了0.5%的CNT的添加已被证明。该项目将揭示实现这些突出的性能改进的机制，并将把该过程扩大到工业水平。预期的结果将是经济，更轻，更强的塑料制造应用，如滚塑，运输和电子包装。