Abstract In this work, the nacre-like styrene-butadiene rubber/crumpled graphene nanosheets heater (NSGH) with integrated superior performance, including excellent anisotropic conductivity (safety), flexible stretchable Joule heating performance and comprehensive mechanical performance,… Click to show full abstract
Abstract In this work, the nacre-like styrene-butadiene rubber/crumpled graphene nanosheets heater (NSGH) with integrated superior performance, including excellent anisotropic conductivity (safety), flexible stretchable Joule heating performance and comprehensive mechanical performance, is prepared on a large-scale by the blade-coating technique. The excellent flexible stretchable Joule heating performance, almost constant of the saturation temperature (163 °C) at the excitation of 8 V suffering 70% strain and 4000 times of bending, is originated from the selection of elastic styrene-butadiene rubber matrix and introduction of flexible conductive crumpled graphene nanosheets. The excellent comprehensive mechanical performance (increment of 215.7% on toughness and 531.85% on initial tensile modulus) and the ultrahigh anisotropic conductivity are attributed to the distinctive nacre-like structure. Moreover, the heating model of the NSGH is proposed and validated, that the heating performance can be tailored and forecasted.
               
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