Gamma Alumina@Boron Nitride Fiber‐Reinforced Functional Composites With Thermal Conductive Networks Exhibiting High Thermal Conductivity and Electrical Insulation

Functional composites with high thermal conductivity and insulating properties have emerged as a current research hotspot. This study fabricated a novel core–shell structured fiber filler (hexagonal boron nitride@gamma alumina (BN@AO)) using electrospinning technology and produced BN@AO/epoxy resin (EP) composites through hot pressing method. BN@AO filler can form thermal conductive (TC) network in the composites. Microscopically, h‐BN forms a continuous TC path in the BN@AO fibers, and macroscopically, the BN@AO fibers with high aspect ratios can form TC paths directly in the EP matrix. The results show that the optimal in‐plane and out‐of‐plane thermal conductivity ( λ ) of BN@AO/EP are 8.776 and 0.911 W·m −1 ·K −1 at 30 wt% filler loading, which are 3571.96% and 408.93% higher than EP, respectively. Furthermore, the BN@AO/EP composites retain excellent electrical insulation properties, with an AC breakdown field strength exceeding 50 kV·mm −1 . This research presents a fabrication method for high thermal conductivity insulating fillers, applicable to heat dissipation solutions in modern electric and electronic devices.

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Advanced Engineering Materials
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2026-09-28
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https://doi.org/10.1002/adem.71315
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Thermal properties of materials
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Gamma Alumina@Boron Nitride Fiber‐Reinforced Functional Composites With Thermal Conductive Networks Exhibiting High Thermal Conductivity and Electrical Insulation

Minghe Chi, Hengyou Zhang, Linao Li, Zhonghua Zhang et al.
Advanced Engineering Materials
Thermal properties of materials
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Gamma Alumina@Boron Nitride Fiber‐Reinforced Functional Composites With Thermal Conductive Networks Exhibiting High Thermal Conductivity and Electrical Insulation

Minghe Chi, Hengyou Zhang, Linao Li, Zhonghua Zhang, Feng Yu, Xuesong Chen, Kailun Yang, Mingxuan Teng
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Functional composites with high thermal conductivity and insulating properties have emerged as a current research hotspot. This study fabricated a novel core–shell structured fiber filler (hexagonal boron nitride@gamma alumina (BN@AO)) using electrospinning technology and produced BN@AO/epoxy resin (EP) composites through hot pressing method. BN@AO filler can form thermal conductive (TC) network in the composites. Microscopically, h‐BN forms a continuous TC path in the BN@AO fibers, and macroscopically, the BN@AO fibers with high aspect ratios can form TC paths directly in the EP matrix. The results show that the optimal in‐plane and out‐of‐plane thermal conductivity ( λ ) of BN@AO/EP are 8.776 and 0.911 W·m −1 ·K −1 at 30 wt% filler loading, which are 3571.96% and 408.93% higher than EP, respectively. Furthermore, the BN@AO/EP composites retain excellent electrical insulation properties, with an AC breakdown field strength exceeding 50 kV·mm −1 . This research presents a fabrication method for high thermal conductivity insulating fillers, applicable to heat dissipation solutions in modern electric and electronic devices.

Advanced Engineering Materials
Harbin University of Science and Technology (CN), Heilongjiang University of Science and Technology (CN), Nanyang Institute of Technology (CN)
Affordable and clean energy
Openalex Percentile: Top 26%
Thermal properties of materials
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Gamma Alumina@Boron Nitride Fiber‐Reinforced Functional Composites With Thermal Conductive Networks Exhibiting High Thermal Conductivity and Electrical Insulation — Minghe Chi, Hengyou Zhang, et al. · Advanced Engineering Materials (2026) | TGRS Research Map | TGRS