Enhanced thermal management of mats and yarns from polystyrene fibers through incorporation of exfoliated graphite.

ABSTRACT: The energy crisis, driven by modern electronics and global warming from population growth, underscores the need for advanced textiles to regulate thermal environments. Researchers stress the need to improve high-performance polymer mats with enhanced thermal conductivity. This report delves into the morphological, mechanical, and thermal properties of exfoliated graphite (EG) when incorporated into polystyrene (PS) fiber mats and yarns through blend electrospinning. The incorporation of EG inside the fibers allowed us to obtain approximately twofold improvement in maximum stress and toughness compared to pristine PS mats. Thermal camera measurement showed significant improvement in heat transport for PS-EG fibers. The heating test showed a temperature increase of ∼2.5 °C for an EG-loaded P

SUBMITTER: Das M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11848512 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature