Journal
POLYMER COMPOSITES
Volume 41, Issue 1, Pages 210-218Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/pc.25361
Keywords
degradation; flame retardancy; mechanical properties; nanocomposites
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Funding
- China Postdoctoral Science Foundation [2018M640593]
- Research Foundation from Hangzhou Dianzi University [KYS205618028]
- Zhejiang Province Natural Science Foundation of China [LQ19E030018]
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Herein, Ti3C2Tx (MXene) was synthesized and mixed with polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) to fabricate PVA/MXene nanocomposites. The results confirmed that delaminated MXene was successfully synthesized. The nanocomposites were obtained via casting/evaporation method. The thermal stability was evaluated by thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). For the PVA composites with content of 2 wt% MXene (PVA-MXene2), the thermal decomposition was retarded by approximately 20 degrees C when the temperature was lower than 350 degrees C compared with that of pure PVA. Moreover, the evolved gas products of the PVA/MXene composite were lower than those of pure PVA. For the first time, the flame retardancy of PVA/MXene nanocomposite was investigated using a microscale combustion calorimeter. The peak heat release rate (PHRR) and total heat release of the PVA composite were reduced by 25.7% and 25.5%, respectively, with 1 wt% of MXene. The temperatures at PHRR of PVA/MXene composites were improved with the addition of MXene. Moreover, the addition of MXene resulted in PVA composites with a higher tensile strength and elongation at break than those of a pure PVA film. The improvements in the flame retardancy, thermal and mechanical properties of PVA/MXene composites should enable a wide range of potential applications of MXenes in polymer matrices.
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