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Vol. 12 (2020)

Highly Thermo-Conductive Three-Dimensional Graphene Aqueous Medium

https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-020-00478-2
Zheng Bo
State Key Laboratory of Clean Energy Utilization, Institute for Thermal Power Engineering, College of Energy Engineering, Zhejiang University, 38 Zheda Road, Hangzhou 310027, People’s Republic of China
Chongyan Ying
State Key Laboratory of Clean Energy Utilization, Institute for Thermal Power Engineering, College of Energy Engineering, Zhejiang University, 38 Zheda Road, Hangzhou 310027, People’s Republic of China
Huachao Yang
State Key Laboratory of Clean Energy Utilization, Institute for Thermal Power Engineering, College of Energy Engineering, Zhejiang University, 38 Zheda Road, Hangzhou 310027, People’s Republic of China
Shenghao Wu
State Key Laboratory of Clean Energy Utilization, Institute for Thermal Power Engineering, College of Energy Engineering, Zhejiang University, 38 Zheda Road, Hangzhou 310027, People’s Republic of China
Jinyuan Yang
State Key Laboratory of Clean Energy Utilization, Institute for Thermal Power Engineering, College of Energy Engineering, Zhejiang University, 38 Zheda Road, Hangzhou 310027, People’s Republic of China
Jing Kong
State Key Laboratory of Clean Energy Utilization, Institute for Thermal Power Engineering, College of Energy Engineering, Zhejiang University, 38 Zheda Road, Hangzhou 310027, People’s Republic of China
Shiling Yang
State Key Laboratory of Clean Energy Utilization, Institute for Thermal Power Engineering, College of Energy Engineering, Zhejiang University, 38 Zheda Road, Hangzhou 310027, People’s Republic of China
Yanguang Zhou
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, People’s Republic of China
Jianhua Yan
State Key Laboratory of Clean Energy Utilization, Institute for Thermal Power Engineering, College of Energy Engineering, Zhejiang University, 38 Zheda Road, Hangzhou 310027, People’s Republic of China
Kefa Cen
State Key Laboratory of Clean Energy Utilization, Institute for Thermal Power Engineering, College of Energy Engineering, Zhejiang University, 38 Zheda Road, Hangzhou 310027, People’s Republic of China

Corresponding Author: Huachao Yang

huachao@zju.edu.cn

Nano-Micro Letters, Vol. 12 (2020), Article Number: 138

Abstract

Highly thermo-conductive aqueous medium is a crucial premise to demonstrate high-performance thermal-related applications. Graphene has the diamond comparable thermal conductivity, while the intrinsic two-dimensional reality will result in strong anisotropic thermal conductivity and wrinkles or even crumples that significantly sacrifices its inherent properties in practical applications. One strategy to overcome this is to use three-dimensional (3D) architecture of graphene. Herein, 3D graphene structure with covalent-bonding nanofins (3D-GS-CBF) is proposed, which is then used as the filler to demonstrate effective aqueous medium. The thermal conductivity and thermal conductivity enhancement efficiency of 3D-GS-CBF (0.26 vol%) aqueous medium can be as high as 2.61 W m−1 K−1 and 1300%, respectively, around six times larger than highest value of the existed aqueous mediums. Meanwhile, 3D-GS-CBF can be stable in the solution even after 6 months, addressing the instability issues of conventional graphene networks. A multiscale modeling including non-equilibrium molecular dynamics simulations and heat conduction model is applied to interpret experimental results. 3D-GS-CBF aqueous medium can largely improve the solar vapor evaporation rate (by 1.5 times) that are even comparable to the interfacial heating system; meanwhile, its cooling performance is also superior to commercial coolant in thermal management applications.


Highlights:


1 3D graphene structure with covalent-bonding nanofins is proposed to demonstrate highly thermo-conductive aqueous medium.
2 An ultralow loading of 3D graphene enables aqueous medium with a record high thermal conductivity of 2.61 W m−1 K−1.
3 3D graphene aqueous medium can remarkably enhance the performance of solar thermal conversion and heat dissipation.

Keywords

Three-dimensional graphene Thermo-conductive aqueous medium Multiscale modeling Solar thermal conversion Practical thermal management
Bo, Zheng, Chongyan Ying, Huachao Yang, Shenghao Wu, Jinyuan Yang, Jing Kong, Shiling Yang, Yanguang Zhou, Jianhua Yan, and Kefa Cen. 2020. “Highly Thermo-Conductive Three-Dimensional Graphene Aqueous Medium”. Nano-Micro Letters 12 (July):138. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-020-00478-2.
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