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COMPOSITES SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Volume 205, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2021.108648
Keywords
Carbon fibers; Polymer-matrix composites (PMCs); Interphase; Surface treatments
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51603169]
- Natural Science Basic Research Plan in Shaanxi Province of China [2017JQ5050]
- Natural Science Foundation of Shaanxi University of Science Technology [2016QNBJ-12]
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The study introduces a novel strategy of incorporating a ternary organic material on fiber surface to increase the interfacial shear strength of pitch-based carbon fiber composites. By forming a solid connection and enhancing surface energy, a synergistic hybrid network is created, leading to a significant increase in interfacial shear strength. The findings provide unique insights for addressing the weak interface in pitch-based carbon fiber composites.
Ultralow interfacial adhesion of pitch-based carbon fiber composites has always a disturbing problem in reality since the fiber surface is of high graphite degree. Herein, a novel strategy for remarkably increasing the interfacial shear strength (IFSS) of composites via incorporating silane coupling agent (APTES)-polydopamine (PDA) -polyether amine (PEA) ternary organic materials on fiber surface is reported. Due to the solid connection of pitch-based carbon fiber with APTES-PDA-PEA through previous carboxylation and hydroxylation, as well as the increased surface energy and improved wettability, a synergistic hybrid network is formed at the interphase, where various interfacial interactions, including covalent bonding, hydrogen bonding, pi-pi conjugated bonding and intermolecular entanglement, cooperate with each other. The IFSS of modified fiber composites exhibits an amazing 427.7% increase, much higher than publicly reported pitch-based carbon fiber composites (20.3% similar to 235.1%). The findings in this article offer a unique insight on the design of synergistic hybrid bridging transition strategy addressing the weak interphase in pitch-based carbon fiber composites.
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