Electrical and thermal conductive paste composition and method of reducing percolation threshold and enhancing percolating conductivity using the same
First Claim
1. An electrical and thermal conductive composite comprising:
- a base material configured to form a matrix and mixed with conductive particulate fillers, thereby forming a polymeric suspension;
a conduction promoter configured to saturate a filler surface, wherein the conduction promoter is an immiscible wetting agent having an ultra-low particle filler volume fraction;
capillary bridges configured between the conductive particulate fillers; and
a conductive network including a percolated polymeric suspension and the capillary bridges.
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Abstract
An electrical and thermal conductive paste composition includes a wetting agent that is arranged as a conduction promoter. Further, a method produces an electrical and thermal conductive paste composition by using a wetting agent as a conduction promoter or a conductivity promoter. The electrical and thermal conductivity of a conductive particle-filled polymer composite is enhanced by using the wetting agent. Capillary forces exerted by the wetting agent cause a particle-filled polymeric suspension to percolate at a decreased volume fraction into a highly conductive network and enhance the conductivity of the composite. Through a jamming gelation technique, the percolation threshold in the particle filled polymer composite is lowered to as low as 3 volume percent. As a result, the electrical and thermal conductivity of the composite is maintained at a significantly lower filler volume fraction with a reduction of particle filler content of up to 50 weight percent.
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1. An electrical and thermal conductive composite comprising:
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a base material configured to form a matrix and mixed with conductive particulate fillers, thereby forming a polymeric suspension; a conduction promoter configured to saturate a filler surface, wherein the conduction promoter is an immiscible wetting agent having an ultra-low particle filler volume fraction; capillary bridges configured between the conductive particulate fillers; and a conductive network including a percolated polymeric suspension and the capillary bridges. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method for producing an electrical and thermal conductive composite comprising:
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mixing a base material with conductive particulate fillers, wherein the base material forms a matrix; forming a polymeric suspension including a mixture of the base material and the conductive particulate fillers; saturating a filler surface with a conduction promoter having an ultra-low particle filler volume fraction, wherein the conduction promoter is an immiscible wetting agent; exerting capillary forces from the immiscible wetting agent upon the polymeric suspension; inducing capillary bridging between the conductive particulate fillers; and forming a conductive network including a percolated polymeric suspension and the induced capillary bridging. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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