High-Temperature Hybridized Copper-Boron Nitride Materials from Additive Manufacturing

Copper plays an important role in electronics, while the demands for extreme environment technology desire copper to be capable of use at high temperatures. However, copper suffers greatly from oxidation in the environment, posing a great challenge toward the reliability of electronics in extreme environments. Herein, high-temperature (1000 degrees C)-capable copper-boron nitride hybridized conductor materials from additive manufacturing of copper nanoplates along with a borane-ammonia complex precursor are reported. Such hybridized conductor materials show high electric conductivities of 4.8 MS m(-1) and current-carrying capacity of 4.5 x 10(7) A m(-2). In addition, the capillary action of liquid silver is demonstrated, and alumina packaging strategies passivate hybridized copper-boron nitride for the enhanced cyclability at high temperatures.