Abstract
AlN skeleton structure-reinforced highly oriented graphite flake (AlN/GF) composites have become a promising candidate for thermal management materials owing to their high thermal conductivity and low thermal expansion. However, the applications of AlN/GF composites are still limited by their poor mechanical properties. Herein, a carbon nanotube-coated alumina (Al 2 O 3 @CNT) hybrid was used as a reinforcement to improve the mechanical performance of AlN/GF composites prepared via vacuum infiltration followed by spark plasma sintering. It was found that the relative density and orientation degree of the composites decreased slightly with an increase in the Al 2 O 3 @CNT content from 0 to 2 wt%. However, the fracture toughness and bending strength of the composites improved significantly after the introduction of the Al 2 O 3 @CNT hybrid reaching up to 1.66 MPa∙m 1/2 and 95 MPa, respectively, which correspond to an improvement of approximately 50% and 20% over those of the AlN/GF composite. With the addition of the Al 2 O 3 @CNTs, the thermal expansion of the composites increased from 7.3 × 10 -6 /K to ∼15.5 × 10 -6 /K, while the thermal conductivity decreased from 442 to ∼253 W/m/K. The toughening and strengthening mechanisms as well as the thermal impact mechanism of the composites were also investigated.
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