Carbon nanotube‐carbon black/CaCu <sub>3</sub> Ti <sub>4</sub> O <sub>12</sub> ternary metacomposites with tunable negative permittivity and thermal conductivity fabricated by spark plasma sintering
Yun-Peng Qu, Haikun Wu, Peitao Xie, Ni Zeng, Yanli Chen, Xiu Gong, Jingliang Yang, Qiong Peng, Yu Xie, Xiaosi Qi
Abstract
Abstract Metacomposites with negative permittivity usually possess huge dielectric loss, showing potential for micro‐wave attenuation devices where huge heat would generate. Herein, carbon nanotube‐carbon black/CaCu 3 Ti 4 O 12 (CNT‐CB/CCTO) ternary metacomposites were fabricated by spark plasma sintering. The CNT‐CB dual‐phase filler was pre‐pared through electrostatic self‐assembly process in order to construct an effective 3‐dimensional (3D) carbon network in CCTO matrix. The percolation threshold of CNT‐CB/CCTO composites was identified at filler content of 12.52 wt% which accompanied with an essential change of conduction mechanism. The negative permittivity was derived from low‐frequency plasmonic state of the 3D carbon network, described by Drude model. The problem of heat transport, generally occurring in negative permittivity materials, has been solved and optimized in obtained ternary metacomposites benefitting from the substantially high thermal conductivity (9.49–2.00 W·m −1 ·K −1 ) and diffusivity (2.74–1.22 mm 2 ·s −1 ). This work could spark significant development of practical application of metacomposites on novel electronic devices and electromagnetic apparatus.