Fabrication on the annealed Ti3C2Tx MXene/Epoxy nanocomposites for electromagnetic interference shielding application

Lei Wang, Lixin Chen, Ping Song, Chaobo Liang, Yuanjin Lu, Hua Qiu, Yali Zhang, Jie Kong, Junwei Gu

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

408 Scopus citations

Abstract

Few-layered Ti3C2Tx MXene was fabricated by ionic intercalation and sonication-assisted method, followed by thermal reduction at medium-low temperature. Then annealed Ti3C2Tx/epoxy electromagnetic interference (EMI)shielding nanocomposites were obtained by solution casting method. XRD, SEM, AFM and TEM indicated the successful preparation of few-layered Ti3C2Tx. FTIR, XPS and XRD showed that thermal reduction removed partial polar groups on the surface of Ti3C2Tx with no by-product. For a fixed Ti3C2Tx loading, compared with Ti3C2Tx/epoxy EMI shielding nanocomposites, the annealed Ti3C2Tx/epoxy EMI shielding nanocomposites exhibited relatively higher electrical conductivity and excellent EMI shielding effectiveness (SE). When the mass fraction of annealed Ti3C2Tx was 15 wt%, the annealed Ti3C2Tx/epoxy EMI shielding nanocomposites presented the optimal electrical conductivity of 105 S/m and EMI SE of 41 dB, 176% and 37% higher than that of 15 wt% Ti3C2Tx/epoxy EMI shielding nanocomposites. Furthermore, the 5 wt% annealed Ti3C2Tx/epoxy EMI shielding nanocomposites exhibited the optimal Young's modulus of 4.32 GPa and hardness of 0.29 GPa, respectively.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)111-118
Number of pages8
JournalComposites Part B: Engineering
Volume171
DOIs
StatePublished - 15 Aug 2019

Keywords

  • Epoxy electromagnetic shielding nanocomposites
  • Thermal reduction
  • TiCT MXene

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics of 'Fabrication on the annealed Ti3C2Tx MXene/Epoxy nanocomposites for electromagnetic interference shielding application'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this