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To enhance the heat dissipation of high-power light-emitting diodes (LEDs), corona wind based on corona discharge was promoted. In this paper, we aimed at reinforcing the intensity of corona wind by modifying the needle electrode with graphene solution. To explore the differences in the graphene-coated electrode and the original bare electrode on the electrical characteristics, the intensity of corona wind, and LED heat dissipation, a corona wind cooling system and a thermal test system were built for the experimental study. The results showed that the graphene-coated electrode system could produce corona wind at a lower voltage. In addition, the discharge current of the graphene-coated electrode system is higher than that of the bare electrode system under the same discharge voltage. The graphene-coated electrode system can induce a faster corona wind and the highest speed is about 3.4 m/s, showing that it is more efficient than the bare electrode system in corona wind production. Moreover, the temperature drop of LEDs for the graphene-coated system is greater, which means that the corona wind cooling system can reduce the junction temperature of the LED chips effectively. Ultimately, as the discharge power increases, the average convective heat transfer coefficient increases. Indeed, the result of this paper can be used for the wide variety of the graphene-coated corona wind generator application as a promising technology for the LED heat management. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Summary High voltage is an obstacle when applying electrohydrodynamics technology. Nanomaterials are good candidates for its extraordinary electrical properties and heat‐conducting characteristics. An originally designed ionic wind cooling system was secured with graphene using the dip‐coating method to study the cooling effect for the high‐power light‐emitting diodes. The experiment results indicated that the graphene on the needles' surface acted as new emitting electrode with a smaller curvature radius. The corona discharge current density increased, and the ionic wind inception voltage decreased, because of the high aspect ratios and the field emission characteristic of graphene. The maximum ionic wind volume velocity was improved by 41.3% when the discharge gap was 10 mm, which was attributed to the local electric field enhancement and the electron field emission effect that the graphene had. The best cooling performance was obtained when the needles and the heat sink were both coated with graphene. The junction temperature decreased 21%, and the luminous flux increased 5.6% at the discharge gap of 15 mm, taking the electrostatic screening effect into consideration. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]