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Carbonization chemistry of heating carbon composites containing novolac/furfuryl alcohol resins and carbon black or mesophase pitch as additives
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posted on 2012-01-05, 00:00 authored by X Zhang, Sarah KhorSarah Khor, D Gao, E SumCarbon composites containing novolac/furfuryl alcohol resins with hexamethylene tetramine (HMTA) as
a crosslinker and carbon black or mesophase pitch as an additive, were heated to 1000 ◦C under Argon
atmosphere. Carbonization chemistry was studied including the nitrogen-containing structures in the
final carbons. The volatiles released during the heating were furfuryl, phenol-benzene species, methane,
ethane and other small molecular species such as moisture, CO2, CO and ammonia. When carbon black
was used as an additive in the composite, a considerable amount of furfuryl and phenolic species were
“trapped” on the surface of carbon black particles, resulting in a higher carbon yield. Certain carbonization
reactions also occurred at lower temperatures, and the dimensional shrinkage was reduced as compared
to the resin-only system. On the other hand, the mesophase pitch additive formed homogeneous morphologies
with the resin binder, participated in the carbonization process of the resin binder and formed
amorphous carbons with porous structures and dimensional expansion. Manipulating the composition
and variety of the additives could produce carbon composites with designed performance.
a crosslinker and carbon black or mesophase pitch as an additive, were heated to 1000 ◦C under Argon
atmosphere. Carbonization chemistry was studied including the nitrogen-containing structures in the
final carbons. The volatiles released during the heating were furfuryl, phenol-benzene species, methane,
ethane and other small molecular species such as moisture, CO2, CO and ammonia. When carbon black
was used as an additive in the composite, a considerable amount of furfuryl and phenolic species were
“trapped” on the surface of carbon black particles, resulting in a higher carbon yield. Certain carbonization
reactions also occurred at lower temperatures, and the dimensional shrinkage was reduced as compared
to the resin-only system. On the other hand, the mesophase pitch additive formed homogeneous morphologies
with the resin binder, participated in the carbonization process of the resin binder and formed
amorphous carbons with porous structures and dimensional expansion. Manipulating the composition
and variety of the additives could produce carbon composites with designed performance.
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Materials chemistry and physicsVolume
131Issue
3Pagination
735 - 742Publisher
ElsevierLocation
Amsterdam, The NetherlandsPublisher DOI
ISSN
0254-0584Language
engPublication classification
C Journal article; C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journalCopyright notice
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