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Printable, flexible ceramic fiber paper based on electrospinning

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Based on the fact that it is challenging for the polymer flexible circuit substrates to meet the requirements of serving in high-temperature environments, this work proposed the idea of using printable ceramic fiber paper as a high-temperature flexible circuit substrate. A ceramic fiber paper with all ceramic components had been developed via electrospinning, solving the problems of low strength and severe strength drop at high temperatures of traditional ceramic fiber paper. The tensile strength of the prepared ceramic fiber paper is 2.63 MPa, and the reliable service temperature is 1200 °C. Its bulk density is about 1.5 times that of traditional ceramic fiber paper. It can be printed with patterns by commercial inkjet printers like ordinary printing paper and has excellent printability. The feasibility of ceramic fiber paper as a flexible circuit substrate was verified by constructing a simple circuit. When the fiber paper is significantly bent, the circuit still forms a complete path, which proves that it has a strong application potential for high-temperature flexible circuit substrate and is expected to promote the development of flexible electronic devices serving at extreme high-temperature environments.

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传统聚合物柔性电路基板，难以满足在高温环境下使用的要求。在这项工作中我们提出了使用可印刷陶瓷纤维纸作为高温柔性电路基板的创新思路。通过静电纺丝研制出全陶瓷成分的陶瓷纤维纸，解决了传统陶瓷纤维纸强度低、高温下强度下降严重的问题。所制备的陶瓷纤维纸的抗拉强度为2.63 MPa，可靠使用温度为1200 ℃。其堆积密度约为传统陶瓷纤维纸的1.5倍，可以像普通打印纸一样用商用喷墨打印机进行图案打印，具有优良的印刷适性。此外，搭建了一个简单的电路对陶瓷纤维纸作为柔性电路基板的可行性进行了验证。当纤维纸发生明显弯曲时，电路仍可以导通，证明其在高温柔性电路基板方面具有强大的应用潜力，有望推动服务于极端高温环境的柔性电子器件的发展。

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This research was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 52202090 and 52102093), China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (No. 2021M690817), Heilongjiang Provincial Postdoctoral Science Foundation (Nos. LBH-Z21050 and LBH-Z20144) and the State Key Laboratory of Intelligent Manufacturing Equipment and Technology (No. IMETKF2023004).

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Xie, YS., Cheng, Y., Lyu, Y. et al. Printable, flexible ceramic fiber paper based on electrospinning. Rare Met. 43, 2739–2746 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12598-023-02562-z

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