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Nanocarbon-Based Composites and Their Applications

A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Carbon Materials".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 April 2023) | Viewed by 7002

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Prof. Dr. Stefano Bellucci

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INFN-Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, 00044 Frascati, Italy
Interests: carbon nanotubes; material sciences; nanotechnology; multifunctional materials; nano carbon; biomedical applications
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Dear Colleagues,

Nanocarbon-Based Composites find potential use in many different applicative areas: the aerospace and aeronautics industry, the automotive industry, civil engineering, electronics, medical equipment, and sports tools, just to mention a few. As the demand for composite applications is steadily on the rise, gaining insight into such advanced technologically innovative materials is critically important. Composite materials based on nanocarbon are interesting because they are multifunctional materials, joining different phases and yielding unique and high-performance materials, in which allotropic forms of carbon (e.g., graphene, nanotubes, and fullerene) can be employed as a filler. This Special Issue of Materials entitled “Nanocarbon Based Composites” is devoted to covering a broad range of research activities, findings, and recent progress related to composites based on carbon nanomaterials. Emphasis is put on the multifunctional and emerging applications of such materials. Through this Special Issue, we encourage and invite researchers to contribute original research, as well as review articles, to this field of research.

Potential topics include, but are not limited to, the following:

  • Synthesis/fabrication of carbon-based nanocomposites.
  • The characterization of carbon-based nanocomposites.
  • The physical and chemical properties of carbon-based nanocomposites.
  • The functionalization of carbon-based nanocomposites.
  • Emerging applications of polymer carbon-based nanocomposites. 

Prof. Dr. Stefano Bellucci
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • carbon-based nanocomposites
  • synthesis/fabrication
  • characterizations
  • physico-chemical properties
  • functionalization
  • emerging applications

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Hierarchical Carbon Network Composites Derived from ZIF-8 for High-Efficiency Microwave Absorption
by Zhongyi Luo, Zhaohao Wang, Jinshuai Liu, Huihui Jin, Chunhua Han and Xuanpeng Wang
Materials 2023, 16(9), 3380; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma16093380 - 26 Apr 2023
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Metal–organic framework (MOF)-derived composites have gained wide attention due to their specific structures and enhanced performance. In this work, we prepared carbon nanotubes with Fe nanoparticles connected to two-dimensional (2D) hierarchical carbon network composites via a low-pressure gas–solid reaction strategy. Specifically, the three-dimensional [...] Read more.
Metal–organic framework (MOF)-derived composites have gained wide attention due to their specific structures and enhanced performance. In this work, we prepared carbon nanotubes with Fe nanoparticles connected to two-dimensional (2D) hierarchical carbon network composites via a low-pressure gas–solid reaction strategy. Specifically, the three-dimensional (3D) networks derived from ZIF-8 exploited the carbon nanotubes with the function of charge modulation. Meanwhile, we utilized the interconnected 2D nanostructures to optimize impedance matching and facilitate multiple scattering, ultimately improving the overall microwave absorption performance. Furthermore, based on the well-designed structures, the composites prepared at 800 °C (Fe-N-C@CNTs-800) achieved the best reflection loss (RL) of −58.5 dB, thereby obtaining superior microwave absorption performance. Overall, this study provides a good groundwork for further investigation into the modification and dimension design of novel hierarchical microwave absorbers. Full article
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Anisotropic PDMS/Alumina/Carbon Fiber Composites with a High Thermal Conductivity and an Electromagnetic Interference Shielding Performance
by Xi Zhang, Jianan Song, Jiajia Meng and Kan Zhang
Materials 2022, 15(22), 8078; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma15228078 - 15 Nov 2022
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The development of polymer-based composites with a high thermal conductivity and electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding performance is crucial to the application of polymer-based composites in electronic equipment. Herein, a novel strategy combining ice-templated assembly and stress-induced orientation was proposed to prepare polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS)/alumina/carbon [...] Read more.
The development of polymer-based composites with a high thermal conductivity and electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding performance is crucial to the application of polymer-based composites in electronic equipment. Herein, a novel strategy combining ice-templated assembly and stress-induced orientation was proposed to prepare polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS)/alumina/carbon fiber (CF) composites. CF in the composites exhibited a highly oriented structure in the horizontal direction. Alumina was connected to the CF, promoting the formation of thermal conductive pathways in both the horizontal and vertical directions. As the CF content was 27.5 vol% and the alumina content was 14.0 vol%, the PDMS/alumina/CF composite had high thermal conductivities in the horizontal and vertical directions, which were 8.44 and 2.34 W/(m·K), respectively. The thermal conductivity in the horizontal direction was 40.2 times higher than that of PDMS and 5.0 times higher than that of the composite with a randomly distributed filler. The significant enhancement of the thermal conductivity was attributed to the oriented structure of the CF and the bridging effect of alumina. The PDMS/alumina/CF composite exhibited an excellent EMI shielding effectiveness of 40.8 dB which was 2.4 times higher than that of the composite with a randomly distributed filler. The PDMS/alumina/CF composite also exhibited a low reflectivity of the electromagnetic waves. This work could provide a guide for the research of polymer-based composites with a high thermal conductivity and an EMI shielding performance. Full article
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Porous Carbon–Carbon Composite Materials Obtained by Alkaline Dehydrochlorination of Polyvinyl Chloride
by Yury G. Kryazhev, Irina V. Anikeeva, Mikhail V. Trenikhin, Tatiana I. Gulyaeva, Valeriy P. Melnikov, Vladimir A. Likholobov and Olga B. Belskaya
Materials 2022, 15(21), 7636; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma15217636 - 30 Oct 2022
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Porous carbon–carbon composite materials (PCCCM) were synthesized by the alkaline dehydrochlorination of polyvinyl chloride solutions in dimethyl sulfoxide containing the modifying additives of a nanostructured component (NC): graphite oxide (GO), reduced graphite oxide (RGO) or nanoglobular carbon (NGC), with subsequent two-step thermal treatment [...] Read more.
Porous carbon–carbon composite materials (PCCCM) were synthesized by the alkaline dehydrochlorination of polyvinyl chloride solutions in dimethyl sulfoxide containing the modifying additives of a nanostructured component (NC): graphite oxide (GO), reduced graphite oxide (RGO) or nanoglobular carbon (NGC), with subsequent two-step thermal treatment of the obtained polyvinylene–NC composites (carbonization at 400 °C and carbon dioxide activation at 900 °C). The focus of the study was on the analysis and digital processing of transmission electron microscopy images to study local areas of carbon composite materials, as well as to determine the distances between graphene layers. TEM and low-temperature nitrogen adsorption studies revealed that the structure of the synthesized PCCCM can be considered as a porous carbon matrix in which either carbon nanoglobules (in the case of NGC) or carbon particles with the “crumpled sheet” morphology (in the case of GO or RGO used as the modifying additives) are distributed. Depending on the features of the introduced 5–7 wt.% nanostructured component, the fraction of mesopores was shown to vary from 11% to 46%, and SBET—from 791 to 1115 m2 g−1. The synthesis of PCCNC using graphite oxide and reduced graphite oxide as the modifying additives can be considered as a method for synthesizing a porous carbon material with the hierarchical structure containing both the micro- and meso/macropores. Such materials are widely applied and can serve as adsorbents, catalyst supports, elements of power storage systems, etc. Full article
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