Journal
ADVANCED MATERIALS
Volume 30, Issue 13, Pages -Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/adma.201704419
Keywords
carbon fiber; carbon nanotubes; fiber supercapacitors; interfacial strength; multiscale hybrid fiber
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Funding
- National Key R&D Program of China [2016YFE0127300, 2017YFA0206701]
- Natural Science Foundation of China [NSFC 51325202]
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Carbon fiber (CF) grafted with a layer of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) plays an important role in composite materials and other fields; to date, the applications of CNTs@CF multiscale fibers are severely hindered by the limited amount of CNTs grafted on individual CFs and the weak interfacial binding force. Here, monolithic CNTs@CF fibers consisting of a 3D highly porous CNT sponge layer with macroscopic-thickness (up to several millimeters), which is directly grown on a single CF, are fabricated. Mechanical tests reveal high sponge-CF interfacial strength owing to the presence of a thin transitional layer, which completely inhibits the CF slippage from the matrix upon fracture in CNTs@CF fiber-epoxy composites. The porous conductive CNTs@CF hybrid fibers also act as a template for introducing active materials (pseudopolymers and oxides), and a solid-state fiber-shaped supercapacitor and a fiber-type lithium-ion battery with high performances are demonstrated. These CNTs@CF fibers with macroscopic CNT layer thickness have many potential applications in areas such as hierarchically reinforced composites and flexible energy-storage textiles.
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