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High Thermal Transport Channel Construction within Flexible Composites via Welding Boron Nitride Nanosheets Xiao Hou, Yapeng Chen, Le Lv, Wen Dai, Su Zhao, Zhongwei Wang, Li Fu, Cheng-Te Lin, Nan Jiang, and J. H. Yu ACS Appl. Nano Mater., Just Accepted Manuscript • DOI: 10.1021/acsanm.8b01939 • Publication Date (Web): 04 Jan 2019 Downloaded from http://pubs.acs.org on January 5, 2019

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High Thermal Transport Channel Construction within Flexible

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Composites via Welding Boron Nitride Nanosheets

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Xiao Hou,

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Lin,*† Nan Jiang, *† Jinhong Yu*†

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Materials and Protective Technologies, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering,

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Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo, 315201, China.

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Ningbo Institute of Material Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo, 315201,

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Yapeng Chen,

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Le Lv,



Wen Dai,



Su Zhao, ‡ Zhongwei Wang, ║ Li Fu, ⊥ Cheng-Te

Key Laboratory of Marine Materials and Related Technologies, Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Marine

Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Robotics and Intelligent Manufacturing Equipment Technology,

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China.

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Qingdao, 266590, China.

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310018, China.

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*Corresponding

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[email protected].

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Shandong University of Science and Technology, College of Materials Science and Engineering,

College of Materials and Environmental Engineering, Hangzhou Dianzi University, Hangzhou,

author,

E-mail:

[email protected];

[email protected];

These authors contributed equally to this study.

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Abstract: Efficient heat dissipation is a perquisite for further improving the integration of devices.

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However, the polymer composites are not satisfied heat dissipation. For that reason, high thermal transport

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channels were manufactured by direct freezing method, and further weld the BNNS by carbonization.

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Composites with high thermal conductivity (7.46 W m-1 K-1) were obtained by immersed in PDMS.

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Thermal conductivity enhancement of composites was reached about 3900% at 15.8 vol% loading of

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BNNS. Besides, the composites maintained structural flexibility of PDMS and allowed bending and

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twisting repeatedly. In addition, the PDMS composites exhibit excellent antistatic properties due to

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conductive network formed by residual carbon. Therefore, the dust can be avoided and the surface is kept

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clean. It provides a better choice for thermal management materials and meet the antistatic requirements

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of the devices.

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Key words: boron nitride nanosheets; thermal conductivity; antistatic; composites; PDMS

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1. Introduction

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With high integration and high power of devices, overheating become a key issue to resolve for the

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devices and equipment. Excessive heat accumulation would affect the lifetime and reliability of devices.

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amorphous nature of polymer materials without effective thermal conductive pathways. Thus,

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constructing thermal transport channel for polymer composites was the key to improving the capacity of

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heat dissipation. The addition of inorganic fillers such as Al2O3, 6-8 SiC, 9-11 AlN, 12, 13 and BN 14, 15 is an

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effective method for enhancing thermal conductivity and maintaining insulation. However, even in high

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filler loading, there are not significantly enhanced in thermal conductivity.

Therefore, the heat transfer capacity of materials must be considered in application. The result of

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Boron nitride nanosheets (BNNS) is composed of hexagonal boron nitride unit, which was slightly

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similar to the structure of graphene. The intrinsic high thermal conductivity and low dielectric constant

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attracted the interest of researchers.

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arrangement, which guarantees the BNNS possess excellent thermal conductivity.

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composites were fabricated and showing outstanding thermal management performance according to

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previous reported.

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devices.

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The high transfer of phonons benefits from regular atomic 25-27

Many polymer

But, the heat dissipated composites still long way to meet the requirements of

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Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) shows outstanding performance such as structural flexibility,

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compatibility, thermal and chemical stability, because of the unique molecular chain structure. That is

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important to be utilized in many fruitful applications.

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PDMS based composites restrict its application of thermal management. In addition, a certain problem

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exists in polymer materials, which the surface easy trapping dust, caused by accumulating charges on the

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surface of materials. 34-36 It would destroy the capability of devices and even causing fires and explosion,

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therefore antistatic properties of materials are seriously considered.

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However, inadequate thermal conductivity of

In this work, we focus on the high thermal conductive composites with highly flexible and excellent

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antistatic properties by welding BNNS construct effective phonon transmission channel in PDMS matrix.

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First, BNNS foam was prepared by traditional directional freezing technology and unique carbonization

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process, which play a crucial role in maintaining the physical structure and dissipate static charges. And

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then, high thermal conductivity composites were prepared by immersed in PDMS. The prepared 3D-

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BNNS/PDMS composites first achieved ultra-high thermal conductivity (7.46 W m-1 K-1) at low fillers

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addition in PDMS, and the thermal conductivity enhancement was reached 3900 %. Furthermore, the 3D-

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BNNS/PDMS composites maintain highly flexible and be endowed with excellent antistatic properties.

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There are potentials for thermal management applications of electrical equipment with antistatic

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requirements in many fields. The proposed constructing thermal transfer channels by welding BNNS can

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be considered as an excellent solution for heat dissipation.

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2. Experimental

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2.1 Materials

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Chitosan (deacetylation degree, 95%; viscosity≤200 mPa·s) were obtained from Aladdin Reagent Co.,

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Ltd, (Shanghai, China), and acetic acid (≥99.8%) were purchased from Sinopharm Chemical Reagent Co.,

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Ltd. (Shanghai, China). Boron nitride nanosheets (BNNS, with lateral size of 2-20 µm and thickness about

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5 nm) was purchased from Lida Chuangxing Materials Technology Co., Ltd. (Tianjin, China). PDMS

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(Sylgard 184) was obtained by Dow Corning Co., Ltd. (Shanghai, China).

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2.2 Fabrication of 3D-BNNS foam

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The schematic illustrating of prepared BNNS foam was shown in Fig. 1(a). The BNNS/Chitosan

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dispersion was prepared by mixing certain amount of BNNS with chitosan (1.0 wt%) and acetic acid (1.0

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wt%) aqueous solution. The acetic acid could improve the dispersion of chitosan, and low chitosan and

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acetic acid addition were chosen for decrease the impact. The anisotropic BNNS foam was fabricated by

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directional freezing of BNNS/Chitosan dispersion, then vacuum freeze dryer sublimate the ice.

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brief, the BNNS/Chitosan dispersion was poured on the surface of copper block which was surrounded by

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polyethylene foam, and the bottom contact with liquid-nitrogen. The model diagram was shown in Fig.

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S1. After BNNS/Chitosan dispersion was frozen completely, the sample was moved into freeze dryer

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more than 48 h at -50 °C with vacuum degree of 30 Pa. Digital pictures of the preparation process were

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shown in Fig. 1(b), the anisotropy and ordered structure are visible to the naked eye. The sample was

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transferred into a quartz tube furnace for carbonization at 800 oC for 0.5 h.

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Fig. 1 (a) Schematic illustrating the preparation of BNNS foam and (b) digital pictures of BNNS

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foam preparation process.

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2.3 Preparation of 3D-BNNS/PDMS composites

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The 3D-BNNS/PDMS composites were prepared by immerse PDMS with vacuum-assisted. First,

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the prepolymer of PDMS and curing agent were controlled about 10:1 and the mixing uniformity

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at room temperature. Then, the BNNS foam was immersed into the mixture, and sample was

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moved air by vacuum oven for more than 8 h to remove the air. Finally, the sample was cured at

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80 oC for 5 h. The random-BNNS/PDMS composites were also prepared by mixing the BNNS

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with prepolymer/curing agent mixture and the curing process was same as previous.

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2.4 Characterization

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The microstructure images of BNNS and BNNS foam were obtained by scanning electron microscopy

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(SEM, Quanta FEG250, USA). The thickness of BNNS was measured by atom force micrographs (AFM,

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Veeco, USA). The spectra of Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) was obtained by Nicolet 6700 (Thermo,

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USA). The spectra of X-ray diffraction (XRD) was obtained by D8 Advanced (Bruker, Germany). The

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spectra of Raman were obtained by Reflex Raman System (Renishaw, UK). Thermal conductivity (λ, W

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m-1 K-1) was calculated using the equation below:

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λ = ρ ∙ CP ∙ α

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Where ρ, Cp and α refer to density (g cm-1), specific heat (J g-1 K-1) and thermal diffusivity (α, mm2 s-1)

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of the composites. The density was measured by water displacement. The specific heat and thermal

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diffusivity were measured using LFA 467 Nanoflash (Netzsch, Germany). The infrared thermal images

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were captured by infrared camera (Fluke, USA). Thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA) were taken by TGA

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209 F3 (Netzsch, Germany) in nitrogen atmosphere at heating rate of 10 oC min-1. The surface resistivity

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(ρs) and volume resistivity (ρv) was investigated by Keithley 6517B Electrometer (Tektronix, USA).

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3. Results and discussion

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3.1 Characterizations of BNNS

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Fig. 2 (a) SEM image and (b) the size distribution of BNNS; (c) The AFM image and (d) the

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thickness distribution of BNNS.

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As is shown in Fig. 2(a), the flake morphology of the BNNS was observed. And lateral sizes are

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approximately 7 μm, which were calculated according to the SEM. In order to accurately analyze the

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lateral sizes of raw materials, the size distribution from 120 pieces observed by SEM analysis was shown

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in Fig. 2(b). The statistical analysis indicates the majority of BNNS was in the range of 6-10 μm. Fig. 2(c)

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shows the AFM image and thickness curve of the BNNS, and the thickness was found to be approximately

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5.1 nm. In addition, the distribution of thickness from 120 pieces by analysis AFM were presented in Fig.

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2 (d), the majority of pieces was in the range of 3-7 nm.

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3.2 Microstructure of 3D-BNNS/PDMS composites

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The enhancement of thermal conductivity was resulted by the addition of BNNS and structure

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of BNNS foam. Depending on the welding of residual carbon, the foam maintained the ordered

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structure, which same as before carbonization (Fig. S2). So that, various BNNS foam was prepared

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by control addition. The morphology of vertical to the ice growth of BNNS foam were shown in

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Fig. 3 (a-d). It can be seen that the BNNS walls was built along the ice growth, and the adjacent

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walls was connected. As shown in Fig. 3 (a), highly ordered microstructure can be seen and the

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distance of adjacent BNNS wall was about 50 μm, when the addition of BNNS is 3.0 vol%. With

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the increased of BNNS, the BNNS foam could maintain the ordered microstructure, but the cells

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were thinner and the walls were thicker.

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Fig. 3 Cross-section SEM images of BNNS foam and 3D-BNNS/PDMS composites with different

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BNNS volume fractions: (a) (e) 3.0 vol%; (b) (f) 7.3 vol%; (c) (g) 10 vol%; (d) (h)15.8 vol%.

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Due to obtained BNNS foam was porous structure, the PDMS prepolymer/curing agent mixture

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can be introduced into these holes, easily. After a period of curing, the 3D-BNNS/PDMS

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composites can be obtained. The Fig. 3 (e-h) presents the typical cross-section SEM images of 3D-

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BNNS/PDMS composites. The ordered microstructures same as the BNNS foam can be observed,

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and no pores exist in the field of vision, indicates that the PDMS was complete infiltration. The

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EDS detection was shown in Fig. S3 reveals the distribution of N and C elements in composites.

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With the SEM images of composites, it gives further evidence of the composites maintain the

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microstructure of BNNS foam. For distribution of C elements in composites, indicating that

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residual carbon was coated on BNNS surface. The residual carbon plays a critical role in welding

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adjacent BNNS, but the foam could not be obtained by BNNS alone under the same condition. 39

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The FTIR, XRD and Raman spectra were investigated the BNNS and residual carbon after

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carbonization (shown in Fig.S4). In FTIR spectra of BNNS and 3D-BNNS (Fig. S4 (a)), the peak

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at 813 cm-1 and absorption at 1380 cm−1 are the characteristic peak of BN.

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absorption at 3200 cm−1 appeared in FTIR spectrum of BNNS, and disappeared after treated at

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high temperature. That should be the hydroxyl groups (-OH) vibration, caused by surface defects

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according our previous work.

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were investigated.

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indicates the carbonization process did not destroy the crystal structure of BNNS. According to

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the Raman spectra of 3D-BNNS and BNNS in Fig. S4 (c), amorphous carbon exists in 3D-BNNS.

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It can be considered as the residual carbon of chitosan after carbonization. It attached the surface

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of BNNS and welding adjacent BNNS to maintain the porous structure.

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3.3 Thermal management capability of 3D-BNNS/PDMS composites

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It is note that the

As shown in Fig. S4 (b), BNNS powders characteristic peaks

The 3D-BNNS exhibits the same distinct characteristic peaks as BNNS,

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Fig. 4 (a) shows the through-plane thermal conductivity of 3D-BNNS/PDMS composites with

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various filler loading. Thermal conductivity of pure-PDMS and random-BNNS/PDMS composites

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with the same addition of BNNS were provided for comparison. Because of its amorphous

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structure and resulting serious the phonon scattering, the thermal conductivity of pure-PDMS is

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very poor (about 0.185 W m-1 K-1). That result was agreement with previous results. 28, 39,44 It can

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be seen that a significant enhancement of thermal conductivity resulted by 3D-BNNS structure

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compared with the random-BNNS composites. In other word, the high thermal transport channels

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were successfully constructed in polymer composites. The thermal conductivity reached 7.46 W m-1

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K-1 at room temperature, when the addition of BNNS was 15.8 vol%.

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Fig. 4 (a) Thermal conductivity of PDMS composites and (b) thermal conductivity enhancement;

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(c) The stability test of thermal conductivity for 3D-BNNS/PDMS composites with 15.8 vol%

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filler and pure-PDMS; (d)The reported data of PDMS based composites filled with below 30 vol%.

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In order to investigated the inherent factors to enhanced thermal conductivity of composites, Y.

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Agari equation was adopted to calculate the effective thermal conductive chains. 45 The Y. Agari

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equation:

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lg Kc = ∅ ∙ C2 ∙ lg Kf + (1 - ∅) ∙ lg (C1 ∙ Km)

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Where the Kc, Kf and Km are the thermal conductivity of polymer composites, fillers and polymer

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matrix. In this article the Kf and Km is 390 W m-1 K-1 and 0.185 W m-1 K-1, respectively. 28, 46 The

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ϕ is the volume fraction of fillers. In the model of Y. Agari, the index C1 was measure the thermal

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conductivity caused by crystallinity and crystal size change of polymer matrix after filler added.

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However, this effect can be neglected because of PDMS’ disordered chains and the index C1 can

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be considered as 1 according to previous research.

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The ease of forming thermal conductive

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chains was indicated by C2. The higher value of C2, the much easier for conductive chains

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formation. According to the Y. Agari’s theory, the value of C2 is between 0 and 1. In this work,

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the value of C2 can be considered as 1, and the predicted thermal conductivity data by Y. Agari

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equation was shown in the Fig. 4 (a). The predicted thermal conductivity is slightly lower than the

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measurement of random-BNNS/PDMS composites. Modify the equation of Y. Agari, the value of C2

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can be considered as the measurement of effective thermal conductive chains at the same volume

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fraction. The higher C2 value indicates more effective thermal conductive chains. The calculated

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value of C2 was about 3.64, which uses the equation to fit the measurement data of 3D-

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BNNS/PDMS composites. The result of calculation much higher than the value of C2 in the

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random-BNNS/PDMS composites (about 1.48). It indicates that phonon scattering was reduced

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benefit from welding adjacent BNNS, more effective phonon transmission channels were built in

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composite. Due to these channels in composite, heat can transfer quickly (like a rabbit). In contrast,

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randomly dispersed BNNS cannot form effective phonon conductive channels, and the phonon

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will scatter at the interfaces between the BNNS and PDMS matrix, the heat would be dissipated

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in the internal of composites. Therefore, the random-BNNS/PDMS composite shows poor heat

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dissipation (like turtle). In addition, the thermal conductive comparison of 3D-BNNS/PDMS

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without carbonization was shown in Fig. S5. The thermal conductivity was significantly enhanced

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after carbonization.

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The thermal conductivity enhancement was shown in Fig. 4 (b), 3D-BNNS/PDMS composite was

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about 3900% enhanced in the pure-PDMS at 15.8 vol%. The enhancement of thermal conductivity

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was calculated by equation:

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η=

Kc - Km Km

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Fig. 4 (c) shows the thermal conductive stability test of 3D-BNNS/PDMS composites (15.6 vol%) and

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pure-PDMS. Obviously, the thermal conductivity has slightly change in 15 cycles, it shows that the

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composites has stable heat dissipation ability in the temperature range from 25 to 125 oC. The stable

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thermal conductivity in cooling and heating cycles would ensure materials are reliable and effective.

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Thermal stability is an important performance in the materials application, which determined the

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maximum operating temperature of composites. The TGA data of various 3D-BNNS/PDMS composites

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was presented in Fig. S6. It reveals that the thermal stability of composites was enhanced with the

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addition of BNNS. The parallel burning tests were shown in Fig. S7 and Movie S1. The 3D-

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BNNS/PDMS composite displays fire retardant properties benefits from the improvement of

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thermal stability. The tested composite can automatically extinguish and maintain the original

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shape. However, pure-PDMS burns rapidly and becomes white dust.

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For illustrating the superiority of 3D-BNNS network by welding the BNNS, Fig. 4 (d) summarizes

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previous reported thermal conductivity of PDMS based composites (filler ≤ 30 vol%). 8, 29, 39, 44, 47-58 The

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3D-BNNS/PDMS composites by welding the BNNS exhibits the extremely thermal conductivity with

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similar filler loading or even more. That suggests that built thermal transport channels by directional

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freezing and carbonization is an effective way to improve the thermal conductivity of PDMS based

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composites.

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In order to demonstrate the capability of thermal conductivity composites, the temperature of

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surface variation in the heating and cooling was inspected by infrared thermal images during

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heating. The samples of pure-PDMS, random-BNNS/PDMS, 3D-BNNS/PDMS composites have

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same dimension and thickness (about 1.0 mm) for ensure accuracy, and placed on the surface of

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ceramic heater. The optical picture and thermal images of the heating process were shown in Fig.

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5 (a). One can see that the surface temperature of all composites continuously increased with time. Due

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to the high thermal conductivity, 3D-BNNS/PDMS composites have highest surface temperature

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with the same time. In Fig. 5 (b), the surface temperature of 3D-BNNS/PDMS composites is about

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8 oC higher than random-BNNS/PDMS, and 10 oC higher than pure-PDMS. The result indicates

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that the 3D-BNNS/PDMS composites have outstanding thermal absorbing capability. To

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investigate heat dissipation performance, the surface temperature of pure-PDMS, random-

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BNNS/PDMS, 3D-BNNS/PDMS composites was inspected in the cooling process. Fig. 5 (c) and

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(d) shows the various surface temperature and the infrared images of the cooling process. The samples

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were cooling down from different temperature, gradually. The surface temperature of 3D-BNNS/PDMS

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composites distance with other materials gradually decreases, even though beginning at high

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Fig. 5 (a) Optical and heating infrared thermal images; (b) Surface temperature curves with heating

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process from room temperature; (c) Surface temperature curves in cooling time and (d) cooling

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infrared thermal images of pure-PDMS, random-BNNS/PDMS, 3D-BNNS/PDMS composites

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3.4 Antistatic Performance of 3D-BNNS/PDMS composites

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The surface resistivity (ρs) and volume resistivity (ρv) of pure PDMS, random-PDMS and 3D-

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BNNS/PDMS composites were shown in the Fig. 6 (a) and (b). Due to the residual carbon in 3D-

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BNNS/PDMS composites, the ρs and ρv are decreased, respectively. The ρv of the pure-PDMS was

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1.85×1012 Ω·cm, corresponding to the range of insulator. However, the ρv was decreased below

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109 Ω·cm after carbonization, which corresponding to the range of semiconductor.

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reveals that a conductive network was formed by residual carbon in the PDMS matrix. It was noted

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that excellent antistatic properties of composites endue with this slightly conductive network. The

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conductive network decreased the surface resistance, and enhanced the antistatic performance.

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The ρs with a lower than 1012 Ω could exhibit a certain degree of antistatic effect, and when the

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surface resistivity is below 109 Ω, the substrate would show excellent antistatic properties. 36 It can

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be seen that the ρs of 3D-BNNS/PDMS composites were increased with filler loading, and the ρs

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was 9.42×108 Ω (at 15.8 vol%) less than 109 Ω. In addition, the comparision of ρs and ρv of 3D-

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BNNS without carbonization and 3D-BNNS (carbonization) was shown in Fig. S8. The ρs and ρv

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was decreased after carbonization. Therefore, the 3D-BNNS/PDMS composites exhibit excellent

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antistatic property after carbonization process.

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Fig. 6 (a) Surface resistivity, (b) volume resistivity, (c) digital image before electrostatic adsorption

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and (d) after electrostatic adsorption, (e) schematic diagram of static dissipation of pure PDMS, random-

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BNNS/PDMS and 3D-BNNS/PDMS composites (sample size: 10 ×10 cm2).

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For characterization of the antistatic properties of composites more directly an ingenious

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experiment was designed. The digital images of pure PDMS, random-PDMS and 3D-BNNS/PDMS

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composites were hung up (Fig. 6 (c)). Three samples were rubbed down with a towel and placed into the

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box full of polystyrene microspheres, then gently pull to vertical and the polystyrene microspheres are

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adsorbed on the surface. One can see that the sample of random-BNNS/PDMS composites adsorbed the

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most polystyrene microspheres compared with the other samples, and the 3D-BNNS/PDMS composites

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only absorbed a few microspheres. As a result of high surface resistivity, larger number of charges

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aggregate on the surface of random-BNNS/PDMS composites. In contrast, the 3D-BNNS/PDMS

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composites can quickly dissipation static charge accumulation by the conductive network formed by

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residual carbon. Fig. 6 (d) illuminate the mechanism of antistatic. In the pure-PDMS and random-

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BNNS/PDMS composites, because amorphous nature of PDMS without effective conductive

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pathway, number of static charges would aggregate on the surface after rubdown with a towel. Owning

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to loading of boron nitride, this aggregation is more serious. Thanks to the amorphous carbon forming

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conductive pathway, the static charge can be quickly dissipated, therefore the material surface should be

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clean. Meanwhile, the 3D-BNNS/PDMS composites maintain ideal flexibility. It can maintain

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structural integration after repeated bending and twisting (Fig. S9).

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The model of directional freezing process; SEM-EDS of 3D-BNNS/PDMS composites (3.0 vol%);

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FTIR, XRD and Raman spectra of BNNS and 3D-BNNS; TGA curves of 3D-BNNS/PDMS composites;

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Process of pure-PDMS and 3D-BNNS/PDMS composite on flame. (AVI)

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The authors are grateful for the financial support by the National Natural Science Foundation of China

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(U1709205), Public Welfare Project of Zhejiang Province (2016C31026), The Scientific Instrument

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