A Review On Recent Advances Of Aluminium/Graphene
Abstract
Graphene is a very suitable filler material for the production of composite material due to its outstanding physical, chemical, electrical, and mechanical properties. It is Sp2 hybridized with single atom thick and having hexagonal crystal lattice. The most attractive property of graphene includes a large specific surface area and lightweight. Among the various metals, aluminium has large areas of application. It has been observed that graphene reinforced aluminium composite with lightweight with excellent properties has brought the focus of scientists. The attractive force between aluminum and carbon is more than the Vander wall force between carbon and carbon layer. This property helps to form a stable composite of carbon with aluminum. The high aspect ratio and fluidity property of graphene make it suitable filler materials in aluminum matrices to form a coating layer over aluminum. In this chapter systematic effect has been taken to explore different synthesis routes that have been used for successfully fabricating Al/graphene composite by controlling the dispersion of graphene in the matrix. Especially it is observed that the powder metallurgy technique is a relatively more efficient technique for developing good quality composite of Al/graphene by enhancing properties of composites. Different macroscopic, microscopic, spectroscopic, and other analytical instruments like four-probe electrometers and nanoindentation are used to investigate the properties of the developed materials
