Journal
COMPOSITES PART A-APPLIED SCIENCE AND MANUFACTURING
Volume 160, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2022.107023
Keywords
Carbon fiber; Epoxy; Carbon nanotube; Interphase; Nanomaterials
Funding
- Toray Industries Inc.
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A new method to achieve a uniform coating of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) onto carbon fibers (CFs) has been developed. In this method, CNTs are coated onto CFs by immersion into a CNT/water suspension resulting in a uniform coating of CNTs. The fabricated CF/epoxy composites showed improved mechanical and electrical properties.
A new method to achieve a uniform coating of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) onto carbon fibers (CFs) has been developed which enables the scalable fabrication of CNT modified CF/epoxy composites. In this method, CNTs are coated onto CFs by immersion into a CNT/water suspension resulting in a uniform coating of CNTs. Unidirectional CF/epoxy composites with the CNT layer of 100-200 nm were fabricated by a prepregging method and mechanical/electrical properties were evaluated. The results show that the compressive, short beam shear strengths and Mode I interlaminar fracture toughness were improved by 22 %, 11 % and 48 % respectively after the incorporation of only 0.39 wt% CNTs. Electrical conductivities in 90and through thickness direction were improved by two or three orders of magnitude (Log Resistivity: 1.24 and 2.31) respectively. These results indicate the importance of designing the fiber-matrix interphase to improve fiber reinforced polymer composite mechanical and electrical properties.
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