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Preparation of polyacrylonitrile–natural polymer composite precursors for carbon fiber using ionic liquid co solvent solutions

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posted on 2014-01-01, 00:00 authored by Nolene ByrneNolene Byrne, Alexis Leblais, Bronwyn Fox
We report on the use of ionic liquid co-solvents in the preparation of polyacrylonitrile–natural polymer carbon fibers as low cost environmentally friendly alternatives to conventional carbon fibers precursors and processing solvents. We have characterized the structure properties of the new composites as a function of dissolving solvent using solid state NMR, DSC, FTIR and TGA. We show that the dissolving solvent plays a significant role in the properties of the new composites, we also find that the incorporation of the natural polymer additive impacts the thermal transition temperatures for the PAN

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Journal

Journal of materials chemistry A

Volume

2

Pagination

3424 - 3429

Location

London, Eng.

Open access

  • Yes

ISSN

2050-7496

Language

eng

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C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal

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