A practical dimensionless equation for the thermal conductivity of carbon nanotubes and CNT arrays
Source abstract
Abstract
Experimental results reported in the last decade on the thermal conductivity of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have shown a fairly divergent behavior. An underlying intrinsic consistency was believed to exist in spite of the divergence in the thermal conductivity data of various CNTs. A dimenisonless equation that describes the temperature dependence of thermal conductivity was derived by introducing reduced forms relative to a chosen reference point. This equation can serve as a practical approximation to characterize the conductivity of individual CNT with different structural parameters as well as bulk CNT arrays with different bundle configurations. Comparison of predictions by the equation and historical measurements showed good agreements within their uncertainties.
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OpenAlex topics: Carbon Nanotubes in Composites · Thermal properties of materials · Graphene research and applications
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Shanghai Jiao Tong University Institute of Refrigeration and Cryogenics, , Shanghai 200240, China
Funding
NNSFC
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