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JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS
Volume 777, Issue -, Pages 1159-1167Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2018.11.096
Keywords
Electrodeposition; Graphene; Arc ablation resistance; Electrical contact material; Ultrahigh voltage
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- State Grid Corporation of China science and technology project [SGRIDGKJ[2016]795]
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With the rapid development of ultrahigh voltage engineering (>500 kV), it has been increasingly difficult to satisfy the high requirements of traditional electrical contact materials for ultrahigh voltage circuit breakers. The copper/graphene (Cu/G) composite coatings on a pure copper substrate are successfully fabricated using a facile method of cathodic co-electrodeposition. The morphology, structure, coating composition and porosity of the Cu/G composite coatings were studied. The Vickers hardness of the Cu/G composite coating shows an increase of approximately 25% compared to a pure copper coating. The addition of graphene in the composite coating with a low friction factor of approximately 0.2 improves the wear resistance. The thermal conductivity of the Cu/G composite coating prepared in a plating solution of 10 g L-1 graphene content reaches 285.2 W m(-1) k(-1) at room temperature, which is an increase of 61.9% compared to a pure copper coating. The average chopping current (3.6 A) of the Cu/G composite coating is superior to that of the Cu20W80 alloy, indicating an improved arc ablation resistance. The Cu/G composite coating provides new possibilities to replace the traditional electrical contact materials of ultrahigh voltage circuit breakers. (C) 2018 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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