EFFECT OF GRAPHITE AND MAX PHASE ON THE THERMAL AND DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES OF N-VINYL CARBAZOLE AND BENZYL METHACRYLATE COPOLYMER

In this study, the P(N-vinyl carbazole-co-benzyl methacrylate) copolymer was synthesized, characterized by FT-IR/1H-NMR spectroscopic methods, and its composition was calculated from 1H NMR spectra. Composites of the copolymer with four different ratios of graphite (GR) and MAX phase (Ti3AlC2) by weight were prepared to obtain functional and novel electronic components for energy storage applications. Scanning electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction analyses were performed for some samples. Differential scanning calorimetry, thermogravimetric analysis curves were used to determine the thermal behavior of the materials. It was concluded that the composite with the highest glass transition temperatures and thermal stability was the composite with 10wt%GR/10wt%MAX additive. The thermal degradation kinetics of the copolymer and the composite containing 10wt%GR/10wt%MAX were investigated by applying the Flynn-Wall-Ozawa (FWO), Kissinger-Akahira-Sunose (KAS) methods and it was found that the thermal degradation activation energy of the composite was lower than that of the polymer. The dielectric properties of the materials were investigated at room temperature and between 0.1 kHz and 5 kHz. At 1 kHz the dielectric constants of the copolymer and 10wt%GR-doped composite were found to be 2.22 and 12.31, respectively. The composites doped with 10wt%GR and 10wt%GR/10wt%MAX were confirmed to be semiconductors.