Improved mechanical and thermal properties of carbon fiber/epoxy composites with a matrix modified by montmorillonite/carbon fillers

WU Xue-ping; ZHAO Jun-shuai; RAO Xu; ZHANG Xian-long; WU Yu-cheng; LU Chun-xiang; YANG Yu; SHAO Ze-fan

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WU Xue-ping, ZHAO Jun-shuai, RAO Xu, ZHANG Xian-long, WU Yu-cheng, LU Chun-xiang, YANG Yu, SHAO Ze-fan. Improved mechanical and thermal properties of carbon fiber/epoxy composites with a matrix modified by montmorillonite/carbon fillers. New Carbon Mater., 2019, 34(1): 51-59.

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Improved mechanical and thermal properties of carbon fiber/epoxy composites with a matrix modified by montmorillonite/carbon fillers

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School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230009, China;
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School of Materials Science and Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230009, China;
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National Engineering Laboratory for Carbon Fiber Technology, Institute of Coal Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Taiyuan 030001, China

Funds: National Natural Science Foundation of China (51872070, 51002042).

Received Date: 2018-12-25
Accepted Date: 2019-02-20
Rev Recd Date: 2019-01-25
Publish Date: 2019-02-28

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Abstract

Montmorillonite and carbon (MMT/C) nanofillers was prepared by a hydrothermal method using montmorillonite as the template, chitosan as the carbon source, and were then dispersed in an epoxy resin (EP) to prepare carbon fiber (CF/(MMT/C-EP)) composites by a hot pressing method. Results indicated that when the mass ratio of chitosan to MMT was 0.5, the thermal conductivity, flexural strength and elastic modulus of the composite reach maxima, corresponding to increases of 78.7, 13.4 and 20.4%, respectively, compared with those without a nanofiller. These improvements are ascribed to an improved dispersion of the nanofiller in EP and stronger interface bonding between the fillers and the EP.
- Montmorillonite/carbon,
- Carbon fiber/epoxy resin,
- Mechanical properties,
- Thermal conductivity

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