Thermal and Mechanical Behavior of Wood Plastic Composites by Addition of Graphene Nanoplatelets

Wood plastic composites (WPCs) incorporating graphene nano-platelets (GNPs) were fabricated using hot-pressed technology to enhance thermal and mechanical behavior. The influences of thermal filler content and temperature on the thermal performance of the modified WPCs were investigated. The results...

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Main Authors:	Xingli Zhang, Jinglan Zhang, Ruihong Wang
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	MDPI AG 2019-08-01
Series:	Polymers
Subjects:	wood plastic composite graphene nano-platelets thermal property mechanical property
Online Access:	https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4360/11/8/1365

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spelling	doaj-480b99f541c042a48d14f56ba7174fa32020-11-25T02:20:26ZengMDPI AGPolymers2073-43602019-08-01118136510.3390/polym11081365polym11081365Thermal and Mechanical Behavior of Wood Plastic Composites by Addition of Graphene NanoplateletsXingli Zhang0Jinglan Zhang1Ruihong Wang2College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, ChinaCollege of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, ChinaKey Laboratory of Functional Inorganic Material Chemistry, Heilongjiang University, Harbin 150010, ChinaWood plastic composites (WPCs) incorporating graphene nano-platelets (GNPs) were fabricated using hot-pressed technology to enhance thermal and mechanical behavior. The influences of thermal filler content and temperature on the thermal performance of the modified WPCs were investigated. The results showed that the thermal conductivity of the composites increased significantly with the increase of GNPs fillers, but decreased with the increase of temperature. Moreover, thermogravimetric analysis demonstrated that coupling GNPs resulted in better thermal stability of the WPCs. The limiting oxygen index test also showed that addition of GNPs caused good fire retardancy in WPCs. Incorporation of GNPs also led to an improvement in mechanical properties as compared to neat WPCs. Through a series of mechanical performance tests, it could be concluded that the flexural and tensile moduli of WPCs were improved with the increase of the content of fillers.https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4360/11/8/1365wood plastic compositegraphene nano-plateletsthermal propertymechanical property
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title	Thermal and Mechanical Behavior of Wood Plastic Composites by Addition of Graphene Nanoplatelets
title_short	Thermal and Mechanical Behavior of Wood Plastic Composites by Addition of Graphene Nanoplatelets
title_full	Thermal and Mechanical Behavior of Wood Plastic Composites by Addition of Graphene Nanoplatelets
title_fullStr	Thermal and Mechanical Behavior of Wood Plastic Composites by Addition of Graphene Nanoplatelets
title_full_unstemmed	Thermal and Mechanical Behavior of Wood Plastic Composites by Addition of Graphene Nanoplatelets
title_sort	thermal and mechanical behavior of wood plastic composites by addition of graphene nanoplatelets
publisher	MDPI AG
series	Polymers
issn	2073-4360
publishDate	2019-08-01
description	Wood plastic composites (WPCs) incorporating graphene nano-platelets (GNPs) were fabricated using hot-pressed technology to enhance thermal and mechanical behavior. The influences of thermal filler content and temperature on the thermal performance of the modified WPCs were investigated. The results showed that the thermal conductivity of the composites increased significantly with the increase of GNPs fillers, but decreased with the increase of temperature. Moreover, thermogravimetric analysis demonstrated that coupling GNPs resulted in better thermal stability of the WPCs. The limiting oxygen index test also showed that addition of GNPs caused good fire retardancy in WPCs. Incorporation of GNPs also led to an improvement in mechanical properties as compared to neat WPCs. Through a series of mechanical performance tests, it could be concluded that the flexural and tensile moduli of WPCs were improved with the increase of the content of fillers.
topic	wood plastic composite graphene nano-platelets thermal property mechanical property
url	https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4360/11/8/1365
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Thermal and Mechanical Behavior of Wood Plastic Composites by Addition of Graphene Nanoplatelets

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