Highly thermally conductive hexagonal boron nitride/alumina composite made from commercial hexagonal boron nitride

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• 作者：Ching-cheh Hung ; Janet Hurst ; Diana Santiago ; Maricela Lizcano and Marisabel Kelly
• 刊名：Journal of the American Ceramic Society
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：February 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：100
• 期：2
• 页码：515-519
• 全文大小：650K
• ISSN：1551-2916

文摘

Hexagonal BN is an unusual material in that it is both highly thermally conductive as well as an electrical insulator. Additionally, hBN is also thermally stable in air. This unusual combination of properties makes hBN of significant interest for thermal management. Unfortunately, hBN is not easily consolidated into substrates without the addition of second phases which generally result in poorer thermal performance. This research investigates the potential to utilize this material to dissipate heat from high-voltage, high-power electrical devices. Specifically, a process to coat individual platelets of commercial hexagonal BN powder with a layer of amorphous aluminum oxide was developed. The coated hexagonal BN was then hot-pressed to form a highly thermally conductive substrate. The process to coat hexagonal BN platelets with aluminum oxide was accomplished by mixing hexagonal BN with AlCl₃ containing some water, then evaporation of excess AlCl₃ to form a Al, Cl, and O layer on hexagonal BN. This product was then heated in air to convert the surface layer into aluminum oxide. Following hot pressing to 1950°C and 10 ksi, the consolidated composite has through-plane and in-plane thermal conductivity of 14 and 157 W·(m·K)⁻¹, respectively, at room temperature.