Heat dissipation in 3D printed cellular aluminum nitride structures

[EN] The improvement of heat dissipation in electronic and energy devices is a challenge that can be addressed through the use of highly porous materials. Presently, the additive manufacturing of 3D aluminum nitride is described, and different lattice patterns with porosities in the range 45–64 % ar...

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Authors: Belmonte, Manuel, López Navarrete, Gonzalo, Osendi, María Isabel, Miranzo López, Pilar
Format: article
Status:Versión aceptada para publicación
Publication Date:2020
Country:España
Institution:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repository:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/264460
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/264460
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:3D printing
Porous material
Aluminum nitride
Thermal conductivity
Heat dissipation
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Summary:[EN] The improvement of heat dissipation in electronic and energy devices is a challenge that can be addressed through the use of highly porous materials. Presently, the additive manufacturing of 3D aluminum nitride is described, and different lattice patterns with porosities in the range 45–64 % are achieved by direct ink writing. All the structures are robust and the effective thermal conductivity (k) for cuboid structures decreases by 50–75 % with the filament separation and shows anisotropic characteristics, since k along the longitudinal axis of the scaffold is up to six times greater than for the transversal one. Heat transfer during free cooling experiments for cuboid and cylinder scaffolds, after rapid heating at temperatures above 1000 °C, takes place by radiation for temperatures >500 °C and by convection through the complete cooling process. The heat dissipation time constants of both processes decrease almost linearly with the designed scaffold parameters of porosity and rod separation.