Flame Retardancy and Thermal Degradation Behaviors of Thiol-Ene Composites Containing a Novel Phosphorus and Silicon-Containing Flame Retardant

In this article, a novel phosphorus and silicon-containing flame retardant (DOPO-V-PA) was synthesized via condensation reaction and then added into thiol-ene (TE) to prepare a flame-retardant composite. The results of cone calorimeter measurement demonstrated that, compared with pure TE, 22.7% and 53.2% reduction of TE/DOPO-V-PA (thiol-ene/9,10-dihydro-9-oxa-10-phosphaphenanthrene-10-oxide-vinyltrimethoxysilane-phenyltrimethoxysilane-(3-aminopropyl)trimethoxysilane copolymer) was found for the peak heat release rate (PHRR) and total heat release (THR), respectively. The thermal degradation of TE composites was investigated by the TGA measurement under non-isothermal conditions, and kinetic parameters were both calculated by the Kissinger and Flynn-Wall-Ozawa methods. It was indicated that the activation energies of TE at conversions exceeding 50% were enhanced by the incorporation of DOPO-V-PA for the whole conversion range.

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A novel phosphorus and silicon-containing flame retardant (DOPO-V-PA) was synthesized and added into thiol-ene (TE) to prepare a flame-retardant composite. The experimental results showed that the addition of DOPO-V-PA significantly reduced the peak heat release rate and total heat release of the composite material. Thermal degradation analysis revealed that the incorporation of DOPO-V-PA increased the activation energies of the composite material at high conversion rates.