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ArticleMaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2021

Microstructures and Properties of Cu-rGO Composites Prepared by Microwave Sintering.

Xuebin Chen, Lei Zhao, Liwu Jiang, Haizhou Wang

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Xuebin ChenBeijing Advanced Innovation Center for Materials Genome Engineering, National Center for Materials Service Safety, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China.
Lei ZhaoBeijing Key Laboratory of Metal Materials Characterization, The NCS Testing Technology Co., Ltd., Beijing 100081, China.
Liwu JiangBeijing Advanced Innovation Center for Materials Genome Engineering, National Center for Materials Service Safety, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China.
Haizhou WangBeijing Advanced Innovation Center for Materials Genome Engineering, National Center for Materials Service Safety, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China.ORCID 0000-0002-6079-9008

Funding

This work was supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China 2018YFB0704102
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Abstract

This study investigated the effects of microwave sintering on the microstructures and properties of copper-rGO composites. Graphene oxide was coated onto copper particles by wet ball milling, and copper-rGO composites were formed upon microwave sintering in an argon atmosphere. Scanning electron microscopy was then used to observe the mixing in the ball-milled composite powder, and the morphology of the bulk composite after microwave sintering. Raman spectra revealed how graphene oxide changed with ball milling and with microwave sintering. The microhardness, electrical conductivity, and thermal conductivity of the composite were also measured. The results showed that graphene oxide and copper particles were well combined and uniformly distributed after wet ball milling. The overall microhardness of microwave-sintered samples was 81.1 HV, which was 14.2% greater than that of pure copper (71 HV). After microwave sintering, the microhardness of the samples in areas showing copper oxide precipitates with eutectic structures was 89.5 HV, whereas the microhardness of the precipitate-free areas was 70.6 HV. The electrical conductivity of the samples was 87.10 IACS%, and their thermal conductivity was 391.62 W·m

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composite propertiesCopper-graphenematerials preparationmicrostructuremicrowave sintering

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PMID34500989
PMCPMC8432697

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