Characterization of ultralow thermal conductivity in anisotropic pyrolytic carbon coating for thermal management applications

Wang, Yuzhou; Hurley, David H.; Luther, Erik Paul; Beaux, II, Miles Frank; Vodnik, Douglas R.; Peterson, Reuben James; Bennett, Bryan L.; Usov, Igor Olegovich; Yuan, Pengyu; Wang, Xinwei; Khafizov, Marat

doi:10.1016/j.carbon.2017.12.041

Title: Characterization of ultralow thermal conductivity in anisotropic pyrolytic carbon coating for thermal management applications

Journal Article · Mon Dec 11 00:00:00 EST 2017 · Carbon

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2017.12.041· OSTI ID:1415411

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The Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH (United States)
Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA (United States)

Pyrolytic carbon (PyC) is an important material used in many applications including thermal management of electronic devices and structural stability of ceramic composites. Accurate measurement of physical properties of structures containing textured PyC layers with few-micrometer thickness poses new challenges. Here a laser-based thermoreflectance technique is used to measure thermal conductivity in a 30-μm-thick textured PyC layer deposited using chemical vapor deposition on the surface of spherical zirconia particles. Raman spectroscopy is used to confirm the graphitic nature and characterize microstructure of the deposited layer. Room temperature radial and circumferential thermal conductivities are found to be 0.28 W m^–1 K^–1 and 11.5 W m^–1 K^–1, corresponding to cross-plane and in-plane conductivities of graphite. While the anisotropic ratio of the in-plane to cross-plane conductivities is smaller than previous results, the magnitude of the smallest conductivity is noticeably smaller than previously reported values for carbon materials and offers opportunities in thermal management applications. Very low in-plane and cross-plane thermal conductivities are attributed to strong grain boundary scattering, high defect concentration, and small inter-laminar porosity. Lastly, experimental results agree with the prediction of thermal transport model informed by the microstructure information revealed by Raman spectroscopy.

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Research Organization:: Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC52-06NA25396; 20150058DR; DENE0000671; EE0007686

OSTI ID:: 1415411

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1576055

Report Number(s):: LA-UR-17-25392

Journal Information:: Carbon, Vol. 129, Issue C; ISSN 0008-6223

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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