The anisotropic conductive polymer composites(ACPCs)have great application potential in integrated circuits,sensors,thermal management and other fields because of their unique anisotropic conductive and thermal properties.In this experiment,the carbon fiber(CF)and high-density polyethylene(HDPE)films were used as raw materials.The CF was pretreated at high temperature firstly and then used to make a carbon fiber network by ultra-sonic dispersion and vacuum filtration technology.Subsequently,the HDPE/CF composites with anisotropic con-ductivity were fabricated by hot-pressing molding technique.DSC,SEM,TG and conductivity tests were performed to analyze the microstructure,thermal and conductive properties of composites.Then the anisotropic conduction behavior of HDPE/CF was monitored by the integrated circuits and IR thermal camera.HDPE layer and CF web lay-er are arranged alternately and closely combined.The alternating multilayer structure endows HDPE/CF compo-sites with special intra layer conductivity and interlayer insulation,showing typical anisotropic conductivity.HDPE/CF composites exhibit excellent electrical conductivity in the X and Y directions(with conductivity up to 85.71 S/m),which is 5-7 orders of magnitude higher than the Z direction.The introduction of alternating multilayer structure and CF web significantly improves the thermal stability of HDPE/CF composite,and its initial thermal de-composition temperature is increased by about 35℃ compared with that of HDPE film.It exhibits excellent current-carrying capability and remarkable conductive anisotropy,exhibiting great application potential in circuit connec-tion,directional conduction,thermal management and other fields.