Table 2.

Comparison of various copper-based thermal management materials.

No.	Matrix	Method	Strengthening Phase	K (W m−1 K−1)	References
1	Cu	Carbonization	LCF	478	Current study
2	Cu	-	-	313	[4]
3	Cu	Chemical vapor deposition	Few layers graphene	376	[4]
4	Cu	Vacuum filtration and spark plasma sintering	Graphene nano-platelet	525	[2]
5	Cu	chemical mixing	Carbon nanofiber	435	[1]
6	Graphite	Electroplating Cu on synthetic graphite sheets	Cu	527	[41]