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Received December 9, 2025
Revised March 20, 2026
Accepted April 1, 2026
Available online July 25, 2026
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Preparation and Thermal Properties of Expanded Graphite-Ag Particle Composites under Supercritical CO2 Process
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11814-026-00717-z
Abstract
Expanded graphite–silver (EG–Ag) composites are expected to play an important role as heat dissipation materials for
electronic components, which were synthesized via a supercritical CO2 fluid process (SCFP), enabling uniform dispersion
of silver (Ag) particles within the expanded graphite (EG) matrix. AgNO3 was dissolved in a binary solvent system
consisting of either ethanol (EtOH) or methanol (MeOH) diluted with deionized water (DI water), adsorbed onto the EG
surface through SCFP, and followed by thermal treatment to form the EG–Ag composites. The effects of reaction time,
co-solvent composition, and post thermal treatment on the structural morphology and its thermal properties of EG–Ag
composites were investigated. The SCFP showed the performance of improved Ag particle dispersion on EG surface,
and yielded the formation of a continuous thermal conduction network on the EG-Ag composites. Optimization of the
co-solvent composition and post thermal treatments further enhanced thermal conductivity in both the through-plane and
in-plane directions. These results demonstrate that SCFP is a promising method for fabricating EG–Ag composites with
high structural integrity and superior thermal dissipation properties, offering great potential for usage in thermal interface
materials for high-power electronic and optoelectronic systems.

