Surface Treatment of Carbon Fibers by Oxy-Fluorination

Autor: Iris Kruppke, Christina Scheffler, Frank Simon, Rolf-Dieter Hund, Chokri Cherif
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Materials, Vol 12, Iss 4, p 565 (2019)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1996-1944
DOI: 10.3390/ma12040565
Popis: In this paper, the oxy-fluorination process and the influence of different concentrations of fluorine and oxygen in the gas phase on the physicochemical properties of polyacrylonitrile(PAN)-based carbon fibers are described. The properties of the treated carbon structures are determined by zeta potential and tensiometry measurements. In addition, changes in surface composition and morphology are investigated by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Adhesion properties are characterized by the single fiber pull-out (SFPO) test. Furthermore, changes in intrinsic properties are described by means of tensile and density measurements. After a primary desizing effect by oxy-fluorination, an increased number of oxygen-containing surface functional groups could be detected, which led to more debonding work in SFPOs with an epoxy-based matrix. It was also shown that the polar surface energy grows with rising fluorine concentration in the reaction gas mixture. In addition, a minor increase of ~10% in the maximum strength of PAN-based carbon fibers is detected by single fiber tensile measurements after oxy-fluorination with a fluorine content of 5% in the reaction mixture.
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