Heat sink and electronic device using the same
View Patent ↗A heat sink includes a carbon nanotube structure and multiple calcium chloride particles. The carbon nanotube structure includes multiple carbon nanotubes, and the carbon nanotube structure is a free-standing structure. The multiple calcium chloride particles are located on the multiple carbon nanotubes. The present application is also related to an electronic device including the heat sink.
1. A heat sink, comprising:
a carbon nanotube structure comprising carbon nanotubes, wherein the carbon nanotube structure is a free-standing structure; and
calcium chloride particles deposited on outer surfaces of each of the carbon nanotubes and forming a calcium chloride layer, wherein each of the carbon nanotubes and the calcium chloride layer form a composite tubular structure, gaps between each adjacent two of the composite tubular structures are defined, and the gaps are empty.
2. The heat sink of claim 1 , wherein the carbon nanotubes are joined end-to-end by van der Waals attractive force and extend along a same direction.
3. The heat sink of claim 1 , wherein the calcium chloride particles are calcium chloride hexahydrate particles.
4. The heat sink of claim 1 , wherein a mass ratio of the calcium chloride particles to the carbon nanotubes is in a range from 4:1 to 64:1.
5. The heat sink of claim 1 , wherein the carbon nanotube structure is a carbon nanotube array, the carbon nanotube array is a sheet, and extending directions of the carbon nanotubes are perpendicular to a surface of the sheet.
6. The heat sink of claim 5 , further comprises a fixing layer at one end of the carbon nanotubes, wherein a portion of each of the carbon nanotubes is embedded in the fixing layer, and a remaining portion of each of the carbon nanotubes extends out of the fixing layer.
7. The heat sink of claim 6 , wherein the carbon nanotubes extending out of the fixing layer defines a pattern of the carbon nanotube array.
8. The heat sink of claim 1 , wherein the carbon nanotubes are entangled with each other.
9. The heat sink of claim 1 , wherein the carbon nanotube structure comprises a first drawn carbon nanotube film and a second drawn carbon nanotube film stacked on each other, the first drawn carbon nanotube film comprises first carbon nanotubes joined end-to-end by van der Waals attractive force and extending substantially along a first direction, the second drawn carbon nanotube film comprises second carbon nanotubes joined end-to-end by van der Waals attractive force and extending substantially along a second direction, and an angle between the first direction and the second direction is approximately 90 degrees; and a mass ratio of the calcium chloride particles to the carbon nanotubes is approximately 63.42 to 1.
10. An electronic device, comprising:
a heat generating element; and
a heat sink on the heat generating element, wherein the heat sink comprises:
a carbon nanotube structure comprising carbon nanotubes, wherein the carbon nanotube structure is a free-standing structure; and
calcium chloride particles deposited on outer surfaces of each of the carbon nanotubes and forming a calcium chloride layer, wherein each of the carbon nanotubes and the calcium chloride layer form a composite tubular structure, gaps between each adjacent two of the composite tubular structures are defined, and the gaps are empty.
11. The electronic device of claim 10 , wherein the carbon nanotubes are joined end-to-end by van der Waals attractive force and extend along a same direction.
12. The electronic device of claim 10 , wherein the carbon nanotube structure comprises a first drawn carbon nanotube film and a second drawn carbon nanotube film stacked on each other, the first drawn carbon nanotube film comprises first carbon nanotubes joined end-to-end by van der Waals attractive force and extending substantially along a first direction, the second drawn carbon nanotube film comprises second carbon nanotubes joined end-to-end by van der Waals attractive force and extending substantially along a second direction, and an angle between the first direction and the second direction is approximately 90 degrees.
13. The electronic device of claim 10 , wherein the calcium chloride particles are calcium chloride hexahydrate particles.
14. The electronic device of claim 10 , wherein the carbon nanotube structure is a carbon nanotube array, the carbon nanotube array is a sheet, and extending directions of the carbon nanotubes are perpendicular to a surface of the sheet.
15. The electronic device of claim 14 , further comprises a fixing layer at one end of the carbon nanotubes, wherein a portion of each of the carbon nanotubes is embedded in the fixing layer, and a remaining portion of each of the carbon nanotubes extends out of the fixing layer.
16. The electronic device of claim 15 , wherein the carbon nanotubes extending out of the fixing layer defines a pattern of the carbon nanotube array.
17. The electronic device of claim 10 , wherein the carbon nanotubes are entangled with each other.
18. The electronic device of claim 15 , wherein a melting point of the fixing layer is less than a maximum temperature of the heat generating element.
19. The electronic device of claim 10 , further comprising a metal plate located between the heat sink and the heat generating element.
20. The electronic device of claim 19 , wherein a contact surface between the metal plate and the heat sink is greater than or equal to a contact surface between the metal plate and the heat generating element.