%0 Journal Article
%T Thermal Property Studies of In Situ Blended Graphene/Nature Rubber Nanocomposites
%A Cai
%A Fei
%A Dong
%A Zhenqiang
%A Jiang
%A Zuming
%A Xu
%A Wanli
%J -
%D 2020
%R https://doi.org/10.1155/2020/4694213
%X In this work, graphene/nature rubber (GE/NR) composites with filler content from 0£¿wt% to 1£¿wt% were prepared by an in situ reduction process. Thermal properties of the nanocomposites were studied by thermogravimetric (TG) analysis and thermogravimetric difference (¦¤TG). Composites with higher GE content evidenced stronger thermal stability-enhancing effect. Kinetic analysis showed that the activation energies ( ) during degradation of composites were always higher than pure NR. However, reached its maximum at 0.1£¿wt% GE content and started to decrease with further increase in GE loading. The changes in the thermal properties were attributed to the chemical structure and heat transfer properties of graphene sheets
%U https://www.hindawi.com/journals/ijps/2020/4694213/