Stable electrically conductive, highly flame-retardant foam composites generated from reduced graphene oxide and silicone resin coatings
Qian Wu, Chun Liu, Long‐Cheng Tang, Yue Yan, Huayu Qiu, Yongbing Pei, Michael J. Sailor, Lianbin Wu
Abstract
at room temperature) could almost be retained but with small loss of 9.5% of the original value after 150 cyclic compression. When the samples were subjected to a temperature range from -50 to 400 °C, the electrical conductivity could remain constant at -50 °C, 25 °C, 100 °C, 200 °C, and even at 300 °C and 400 °C; the electrical-conductivity exhibited mild vibration but the vibration range was not beyond 5.6%. Flame retardancy tests show that the limiting oxygen index (LOI) increases from 14.7% for the pure foam to 31.5% for PU-RGO-SiR, and the PU-RGO-SiR composites exhibit a 65% reduction in the peak heat release rate (pHRR) and a 30% reduction in total smoke release (TSR). Thus, stable electrically conductive and highly flame-retardant foam composites have potential applications even in a variety of harsh conditions like high temperature, flame, organic solvents, and external compression.