Title

Carbon Nanofiber Based Buckypaper used as a Thermal Interface Material

Author(s)

Muhammad Omar Memon, University of DaytonFollow
Sylvain Haillot, University of Dayton
Khalid Lafdi, University of DaytonFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

10-2011

Publication Source

Carbon

Abstract

Carbon nanofiber (CNF) based buckypaper was explored as a potential thermal interface material (TIM) for electronics. CNFs were subjected to heat treatment temperatures of 1100 °C, 1500 °C and 3000 °C. TIMs were prepared and characterized using thermal impedance test stand. Results show that the thermal impedance at the interface decreased in conjunction with the increasing heat-treatment temperature of CNFs. TIMs with graphitized CNF exhibit a significant decrease of 54% in thermal impedance in comparison with the dry contact. This improvement is likely due to the high degree of CNF graphitizibility and the resulting outstanding electrical and thermal conductivities.

Inclusive pages

3820–3828

ISBN/ISSN

0008-6223

Copyright

Copyright © 2011, Elsevier

Publisher

Elsevier

Volume

49

Peer Reviewed

yes

Issue

12

eCommons Citation

Memon, Muhammad Omar; Haillot, Sylvain; and Lafdi, Khalid, "Carbon Nanofiber Based Buckypaper used as a Thermal Interface Material" (2011). Chemical and Materials Engineering Faculty Publications. 69.
https://ecommons.udayton.edu/cme_fac_pub/69