In this article, researchers aim to improve the thermal management of Li-ion batteries, by introducing graphene fillers to hybrid phase change materials. The thermal management of any battery is dependent on the latent heat stored within the phase change material as it transitions phases. During this time, it is also crucial to reduce the chances of an internal temperature rise. Researchers used a thermal analyzer to determine the thermal conductivity ...
Thermal Interface Materials (TIMs) are used in the field of electronics, to reduce the thermal contact resistance between the heat sink and heat source, to improve heat dissipation within the electronic device. In this experiment, researchers created a TIM by synthesizing Carbon Nano-Tubes (CNTs) on both sides of a thin copper foil. To test the thermal conductivity of the foil with this enhancement, the transient plane source method was employed. ...
In this study, soft sphere surfactants, with varying head group charges and alkyl chain lengths, were investigated for their effects on the thermal conductivity, rheology, density, contact angle and refractive index of nanofluids. It was noted that the thermal conductivity of the ionic surfactant micelles follows the effective medium theory of poor thermal conductance, with interfacial resistance towards infinity. It was also determined that the longer the alkyl chains on ...
