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Nacre-inspired copper nanowires/graphene oxide films with excellent thermal conductivity, flame retardancy and electrical performance

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Inspired by the hierarchical microstructure of nacre, via the surface modification of polydopamine (PDA), nacre-mimicking composite films containing graphene oxide (GO) and different mass ratio (5, 15, 25, 35 wt%) of copper nanowires (CuNWs) were prepared with a solvent-induced assembly strategy. The introduction of PDA not only reduced GO, but also protected the CuNWs from oxidation. 1D CuNWs, as a thermal bridge, was introduced into 2D GO nanosheets to construct an interconnected thermal conduction network. This structure can provide an effective thermal conductive pathway. The CuNWs/GO-PDA film containing 25 wt% CuNWs (25CuNWs/GO-PDA) exhibits excellent in-plane thermal conductivity of 6.841 W/mK and cross-plane thermal conductivity of 0.202 W/mK. A high anisotropy index of about 34 for 25CuNWs/GO-PDA film was obtained. Due to the char forming ability of PDA, and unique nanosheets structure of GO, films exhibit excellent flame retardancy. Micro combustion calorimeter tests confirm dramatically reduced 80.9% of peak heat release rate compared with pristine GO. More importantly, electrical conductivity of composites improved with the increase of CuNWs loading. With the addition of 35 wt% CuNWs, the electrical conductivity reaches 6.43 × 106 S/m. This type of bioinspired film with multifunctional properties is expected to be used as a promising candidate for electronic materials.

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The authors would like to sincerely acknowledge the financial support from the National Key R&D Program of China (2017YFD0601003) and Guangzhou Science and Technology Plan Project (201804010174).

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  1. Key Laboratory of Cellulose and Lignocellulosics Chemistry, Guangzhou Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, 510650, People’s Republic of China

    Bingfei Nan, Kun Wu, Yingchun Liu, Luqi **ao, Weilong Chen, Enxiang Jiao, Zhiyou Tan & Mangeng Lu

  2. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Bei**g, 100039, People’s Republic of China

    Bingfei Nan, Yingchun Liu, Luqi **ao, Weilong Chen, Enxiang Jiao, Zhiyou Tan & Guokang Chen

  3. Guangdong Provincial Engineering & Technology Research Center for Touch Significant Devices Electronic Materials, Guangzhou, 510650, People’s Republic of China

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Nan, B., Wu, K., Liu, Y. et al. Nacre-inspired copper nanowires/graphene oxide films with excellent thermal conductivity, flame retardancy and electrical performance. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 30, 19928–19939 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-019-02359-w

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