Abstract
The trade-off between thermal conductivity (κ) and thermal contact resistance (Rc ) is regarded as a hurdle to develop superior interface materials for thermal management. Here a high-temperature skin softening material to overcome the trade-off relationship, realizing a record-high total thermal conductance (254.92 mW mm-2 K-1 ) for isotropic pad-type interface materials is introduced. A highly conductive hard core is constructed by incorporating Ag flakes and silver nanoparticle-decorated multiwalled carbon nanotubes in thermosetting epoxy (EP). The thin soft skin is composed of filler-embedded thermoplastic poly(ethylene-co-vinyl acetate) (PEVA). The κ (82.8 W m-1 K-1 ) of the PEVA-EP-PEVA interface material is only slightly compromised, compared with that (106.5 W m-1 K-1 ) of the EP core (386µm). However, the elastic modulus (E= 2.10GPa) at the skin is significantly smaller than the EP (26.28GPa), enhancing conformality and decreasing Rc from 108.41 to 78.73 mm2 K W-1 . The thermoplastic skin is further softened at an elevated temperature (100°C), dramatically decreasing E (0.19GPa) and Rc (0.17 mm2 K W-1 ) with little change in κ, overcoming the trade-off relationship and enhancing the total thermal conductance by 2030%. The successful heat dissipation and applicability to the continuous manufacturing process demonstrate excellent feasibility as future thermal management materials.
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