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Heat Dissipation of Transparent Graphene Defoggers
Author(s) -
Bae Jung Jun,
Lim Seong Chu,
Han Gang Hee,
Jo Young Woo,
Doung Dinh Loc,
Kim Eun Sung,
Chae Seung Jin,
Huy Ta Quang,
Van Luan Nguyen,
Lee Young Hee
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
advanced functional materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.069
H-Index - 322
eISSN - 1616-3028
pISSN - 1616-301X
DOI - 10.1002/adfm.201201155
Subject(s) - graphene , materials science , oxide , convection , heat transfer , composite material , carbon nanotube , heat transfer coefficient , convective heat transfer , nanotechnology , thermodynamics , metallurgy , physics
In spite of recent successful demonstrations of flexible and transparent graphene heaters, the underlying heat‐transfer mechanism is not understood due to the complexity of the heating system. Here, graphene/glass defoggers are fabricated and the dynamic response of the temperature as a function of input electrical power is measured. The graphene/glass defoggers reveal shorter response times than Cr/glass defoggers. Furthermore, the saturated temperature of the graphene/glass defoggers is higher than for Cr/glass defoggers at a given input electrical power. The observed dynamic response to temperature is well‐fitted to the power‐balance model. The response time of graphene/glass defogger is shorter by 44% than that of the Cr/glass defogger. The convective heat‐transfer coefficient of graphene is 12.4 × 10 −4 W cm −2 °C −1 , similar to that of glass (11.1 × 10 −4 W cm −2 °C −1 ) but smaller than that of chromium (17.1 × 10 −4 W cm −2 °C −1 ). The graphene‐based system reveals the lowest convective heat‐transfer coefficient due to its ideal flat surface compared to its counterparts of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and reduced graphene oxide (RGO)‐based systems.