Journal
CARBON
Volume 138, Issue -, Pages 42-51Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2018.05.075
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- Ministerio de Economia Industria y Competitividad of Spain [ENE2012-39385-CO3-01]
- Spanish Research Agency [MAT2016-78700-R]
- European Regional Development Fund (AEI/FEDER, UE)
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Novel silicon oxycarbide-carbon enriched composites (SiOC-C) were prepared from mixtures of SiOC and different amounts of carbon nanofibers (CNF) (0-10%) sintered through spark plasma sintering at 1500 degrees C. During sintering, the SiOC matrix experiences a rearrangement to SiO2, SiC and C, and the growth of SiC wires within the material which produce epitaxial graphene-like carbon flakes with AB stacking. Small additions of CNFs (0.5-1%) promote the generation of large amounts of beta-SiC which produce more graphene-like carbon. When large amounts of CNFs are added graphene-like carbon and also huge entanglements of turbostratic carbon are formed widespread all over the SiOC-C material. These facts deeply influenced the observed properties. Small additions of CNFs (0.5-1%) produce an improvement of the thermal conductivity of 30% and an enhancement of three orders of magnitude in the electrical conductivity (2.44 x 10(-3) to 1.82 Sm-1) mainly due to a great increase in both the crystallite size and structural order of SiC and also the presence of graphene-like carbon homogenously dispersed within the SiOC matrix. Further additions of CNFs (10%) continue increasing both thermal and electrical conductivities (40% and 100 Sm-1, respectively) but such increases are less effectively by the presence of entanglements of turbostratic carbon. (C) 2018 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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