Aramid nanofibers at ultralow loadings: driving significant multifunctionality in epoxy composite dielectrics

IF 23.2 2区材料科学 Q1 MATERIALS SCIENCE, COMPOSITES

Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials Pub Date : 2025-02-04 DOI:10.1007/s42114-025-01222-3

Haowen Yuan, Zi Wang, Di Lan, Siyuan Zhang, Zicheng Zang, Guoqing Jiang, Huachao Wei, Yiyi Zhang, Jiajia Zheng, Junwen Ren, Guanglei Wu, Shenli Jia

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Abstract

Epoxy dielectrics with superior insulation, mechanical, and thermal performance are of great interest for electrical equipment and power electronics. However, integrating these excellent advantages into epoxy presents a formidable challenge. Herein, we detail a simple yet effective strategy for the concurrent enhancement of the dielectric breakdown strength, mechanical toughness, mechanical strength, and the glass transition temperature (T_g) of the epoxy dielectrics by incorporation of a minimal amount of aramid nanofibers (ANFs). It is revealed that a robust interfacial interaction is established between epoxy matrix and the high aspect ratio of ANFs as corroborated by both molecular dynamics simulations and dielectric relaxation spectroscopy. The strong interaction facilitates an optimized interface that enables efficient transfer of interfacial stress and energy dissipation, in turn conferring the ANFs/Epoxy with exceptional mechanical strength (up to 75.68 MPa) and toughness (195 MJ/m³) as well as high T_g (155 °C), respectively. Furthermore, the incorporation of ANFs introduces a multitude of deep traps which effectively impede the migration of charge carriers, contributing to a substantial improvement of the dielectric breakdown strength (196.8 kV/mm) of the ANFs/Epoxy composite, which is almost 4.1 times higher than that of epoxy.

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26.00

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期刊介绍： Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials is a leading international journal that promotes interdisciplinary collaboration among materials scientists, engineers, chemists, biologists, and physicists working on composites, including nanocomposites. Our aim is to facilitate rapid scientific communication in this field. The journal publishes high-quality research on various aspects of composite materials, including materials design, surface and interface science/engineering, manufacturing, structure control, property design, device fabrication, and other applications. We also welcome simulation and modeling studies that are relevant to composites. Additionally, papers focusing on the relationship between fillers and the matrix are of particular interest. Our scope includes polymer, metal, and ceramic matrices, with a special emphasis on reviews and meta-analyses related to materials selection. We cover a wide range of topics, including transport properties, strategies for controlling interfaces and composition distribution, bottom-up assembly of nanocomposites, highly porous and high-density composites, electronic structure design, materials synergisms, and thermoelectric materials. Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials follows a rigorous single-blind peer-review process to ensure the quality and integrity of the published work.