Construction of Fire Safe Thermoplastic Polyurethane/Reduced Graphene Oxide Hierarchical Composites with Electromagnetic Interference Shielding
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results and Discussion
2.1. Microstructure and Thermal Stability of APP@PEI@Ti3C2Tx
2.2. Flame-Retardant Evaluation of TPU/APP@PEI@Ti3C2Tx Composites
2.3. Flame-Retardant Mechanism
2.4. EMI Shielding Assessment of Hierarchical TPU/APP@PEI@Ti3C2Tx/rGO Composites
3. Materials and Methods
3.1. Materials and Methods
3.2. Preparation of Ti3C2Tx Nanosheets
3.3. Preparation of rGO Film
3.4. Synthesis of APP@PEI@Ti3C2Tx
3.5. Fabrication of TPU/APP@PEI@Ti3C2Tx Composites
3.6. Construction of Hierarchical TPU/APP@PEI@Ti3C2Tx/rGO
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Sample No. | TTI /s | PHRR /kWm−2 | THR /MJ·m−2 | PSPR /m2·s−1 | TSR /m2·m−2 | PCOPR /g·s−1 | COTY /kg·kg−1 | PCO2PR /g·s−1 | CO2TY /kg·kg−1 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
TPU | 65 | 872.3 | 63.7 | 0.1868 | 2058.8 | 0.0066 | 1.2117 | 0.4803 | 37.9 |
TPU/APP | 38 | 148.4 | 20.7 | 0.0928 | 529.8 | 0.0031 | 0.2315 | 0.0757 | 10.0 |
TPU/APP@PEI | 28 | 142.7 | 14.8 | 0.0966 | 689.6 | 0.0028 | 0.1582 | 0.0689 | 7.5 |
TPU/20APP@PEI@1TC | 31 | 174.4 | 29.1 | 0.1125 | 730.7 | 0.0048 | 1.0359 | 0.0878 | 14.6 |
TPU/10APP@PEI@1TC | 22 | 138.9 | 36.2 | 0.1051 | 774.2 | 0.0041 | 0.8564 | 0.0712 | 15.6 |
TPU/5APP@PEI@1TC | 23 | 179.1 | 25.6 | 0.1267 | 603.4 | 0.0053 | 0.9102 | 0.0797 | 11.4 |
Sample Number | TPU /g | APP /g | APP@PEI /g | APP@PEI@Ti3C2Tx /g | APP@PEI/Ti3C2Tx /%·%−1 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
TPU | 60.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | / |
TPU/APP | 52.8 | 7.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | / |
TPU/APP@PEI | 52.8 | 0.0 | 7.2 | 0.0 | / |
TPU/20APP@PEI@1TC | 52.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.2 | 20/1 |
TPU/10APP@PEI@1TC | 52.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.2 | 10/1 |
TPU/5APP@PEI@1TC | 52.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.2 | 5/1 |
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Liu, Y.; Yao, A.; Fu, L.; Xie, S.; Zhang, Y.; Xu, P.; Feng, Y.; Shi, Y. Construction of Fire Safe Thermoplastic Polyurethane/Reduced Graphene Oxide Hierarchical Composites with Electromagnetic Interference Shielding. Molecules 2024, 29, 3108. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules29133108
Liu Y, Yao A, Fu L, Xie S, Zhang Y, Xu P, Feng Y, Shi Y. Construction of Fire Safe Thermoplastic Polyurethane/Reduced Graphene Oxide Hierarchical Composites with Electromagnetic Interference Shielding. Molecules. 2024; 29(13):3108. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules29133108
Chicago/Turabian StyleLiu, Yan, Ansheng Yao, Libi Fu, Shiwei Xie, Yijie Zhang, Peihui Xu, Yuezhan Feng, and Yongqian Shi. 2024. "Construction of Fire Safe Thermoplastic Polyurethane/Reduced Graphene Oxide Hierarchical Composites with Electromagnetic Interference Shielding" Molecules 29, no. 13: 3108. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules29133108