%0 Journal Article
%T Building a Layer-Structured Aluminum/Graphene Composite with Significant Improvement in Electrical Conductivity.
%A Wang Z
%A Li W
%A Ma J
%A Liu B
%A Wang W
%A Liu Z
%J Materials (Basel)
%V 17
%N 12
%D 2024 Jun 18
%M 38930348
%F 3.748
%R 10.3390/ma17122979
%X Aluminum (Al) and its alloys are widely used in various fields due to their excellent physical properties. Although many efforts have been made to fabricate an Al-based composite, they usually results in a significant decrease in electrical conductivity. Herein, a special layer-structured Al/graphene (Gr)/Al composite was successfully designed and fabricated through a facile method using the ultrasonic spraying of graphene powder with alumina removal and a subsequent vacuum hot-pressing process. The as-obtained Al/Gr/Al composite presents a significantly enhanced electrical conductivity of 66% IACS, which is much higher than that of other reported Al-based composites, while it still maintains similar mechanical properties. This work provides a new strategy for the development of highly conductive Al-based composites, which would be very useful and important for practical applications.