In Situ Combustion Synthesis of Gr/h-BN Composites and Its Passive Heat Dissipation Application

To enhance the infrared radiation efficiency and the heat transfer performance simultaneously, graphene (Gr) was synthesized in situ on hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) to prepare Gr/h-BN composites by a scalable combustion synthesis in CO2 atmosphere using Mg as sacrificial solder. The synthesized Gr/h-BN composites were added in polydimethylsiloxane polymer to prepare composite coatings, which show an infrared emissivity greater than 0.95 and a through-plane thermal conductivity up to 2.584 W·m–1·K–1. When functioning on an Al heatsink, such a composite coating can reduce the temperature by as much as 21.7 °C. Meanwhile, the composite coating exhibits superior adhesion on the Al substrate. Therefore, Gr/h-BN composite coatings with noteworthy infrared radiation and thermal conductivity are expected to be a promising candidate for heat dissipation applications.