Title
Thermal Conductivity of an Aligned Carbon Nanotube Array
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
11-2007
Publication Source
Carbon
Abstract
The thermal conductivity of vertically aligned CNT film arrays prepared using carbon vapor deposition (CVD) on a glass substrate was examined. A modern light flash device was first used to measure the effective thermal conductivity of the combined sample consisting of a sandwiched CNT film array thermal interface material between two glass plates. The results were used in an effective thermal resistance model to estimate the thermal conductivity of the CNT film. The value obtained was higher than that found in the literature and clearly demonstrated the advantage of using aligned CNTs and thus utilizing their maximum axial thermal conductivity. It was concluded that the quality of the CNT array produced using CVD directly contributed to the high thermal conductivity value obtained for the CNT film.
Inclusive pages
2608–2613
ISBN/ISSN
0008-6223
Copyright
Copyright © 2007, Elsevier
Publisher
Elsevier
Volume
45
Peer Reviewed
yes
Issue
13
eCommons Citation
Shaikh, Shadab; Li, Lingchuan; Lafdi, Khalid; and Huie, J., "Thermal Conductivity of an Aligned Carbon Nanotube Array" (2007). Chemical and Materials Engineering Faculty Publications. 48.
https://ecommons.udayton.edu/cme_fac_pub/48
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