Liquid metal/metal porous skeleton with high thermal conductivity and stable thermal reliability
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New thermal interface materials (TIM) with liquid metal (LM) as the main component show many advantages in the field of thermal management. However, it is prone to leakage and causes electronic components to fail due to its fluidity, corrosiveness and difficulty in adsorption, thus limiting its applications. In this paper, based on the high thermal conductivity of LM, the composite material made of eutectic gallium indium alloy (EGaIn) and nickel-plated copper mesh (NPCM) was prepared, and the TIM with high thermal conductivity, stability and reliability was obtained. With surface plating, the plating on the copper surface achieves an area coverage of up to 97.7%, effectively preventing EGaIn corrosion. The complete wetting between materials can be achieved through surface modification of NPCM with an EGaIn oxide layer. The surface modification of NPCM with EGaIn oxide layer can achieve complete wetting between materials. The thermal conductivity of the composite is 26.4 W m−1 K−1. Compared to Nickel foams (NiF), NPCM/EGaIn composite exhibits a 22.4% increase in thermal conductivity. In addition, its thermal conductivity fluctuates in a range below 7 percent even after undergoing high-temperature aging and low-temperature cycling. The actual load test demonstrated that the use of EGaIn/NPCM resulted in an 18.0% reduction in CPU full load temperature and a 78.0% decrease in maximum throttling peak, as compared to conventional silicone grease.
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OpenAlex topics: Aerogels and thermal insulation · Thermal properties of materials · Heat and Mass Transfer in Porous Media
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