Preparation of PP/SCF thermally conductive composites with forced‐assembled networks by multiple injection compression molding

Abstract

A multiple injection compression molding (ICM) method was proposed on the basis of injection molding and applied for the preparation of polypropylene/ short carbon fiber (PP/SCF) high thermally conductive composites in this article. During each injection compression cycle, the thickness of composite sample would be reduced effectively for better SCF orientation along the flow direction. Moreover, the original loose self-assembled SCF networks obtained from injection process can furtherly transfer into much compact ones under the effect of compression force. The performance differences among SCF/PP composites prepared with one-time injection molding (IM), multiple IM, and multiple ICM were also investigated. The SCF/PP composite sample prepared with multiple ICM method presented superior comprehensive performance, $100% and 28% enhancements in thermal conductivity and tensile strength compared with the one-time IM sample. We believe the multiple ICM method can provide a new idea for industrial production of functional polymer composites, especially for thermoplastic polymer composite.

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