High performance carbon fibers from very high molecular weight polyacrylonitrile precursors
Abstract
In this study, carbon fibers are unique reinforcing agents for lightweight composite materials due to their outstanding mechanical properties and low density. Current technologies are capable of producing carbon fibers with 90-95% of the modulus of perfect graphite (~1025 GPa). However, these same carbon fibers possess less than 10% of the theoretical carbon fiber strength, estimated to be about 100 GPa.[1] Indeed, attempts to increase carbon fiber rigidity results in lower breaking strength. To develop advanced carbon fibers with both very high strength and modulus demands a new manufacturing methodology. Here, we report a method of manufacturing high strength, very high modulus carbon fibers from a very high molecular weight (VHMW) polyacrylonitrile (PAN) precursor without the use of nanomaterial additives such as nucleating or structure-templating agents, as have been used by others.[2,3]
- Authors:
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- Univ. of Kentucky, Lexington, KY (United States)
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Virginia Polytechnic Inst. and State Univ. (Virginia Tech), Blacksburg, VA (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1250406
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1334841
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC05-00OR22725; 400095449; 4000100727
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Carbon
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 101; Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 0008-6223
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
Citation Formats
Morris, E. Ashley, Weisenberger, Matthew C., Abdallah, Mohamed G., Vautard, Frederic, Grappe, Hippolyte A., Ozcan, Soydan, Paulauskas, Felix L., Eberle, Cliff, Jackson, David C., Mecham, Sue J., and Naskar, Amit K. High performance carbon fibers from very high molecular weight polyacrylonitrile precursors. United States: N. p., 2016.
Web. doi:10.1016/j.carbon.2016.01.104.
Morris, E. Ashley, Weisenberger, Matthew C., Abdallah, Mohamed G., Vautard, Frederic, Grappe, Hippolyte A., Ozcan, Soydan, Paulauskas, Felix L., Eberle, Cliff, Jackson, David C., Mecham, Sue J., & Naskar, Amit K. High performance carbon fibers from very high molecular weight polyacrylonitrile precursors. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2016.01.104
Morris, E. Ashley, Weisenberger, Matthew C., Abdallah, Mohamed G., Vautard, Frederic, Grappe, Hippolyte A., Ozcan, Soydan, Paulauskas, Felix L., Eberle, Cliff, Jackson, David C., Mecham, Sue J., and Naskar, Amit K. Tue .
"High performance carbon fibers from very high molecular weight polyacrylonitrile precursors". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2016.01.104. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1250406.
@article{osti_1250406,
title = {High performance carbon fibers from very high molecular weight polyacrylonitrile precursors},
author = {Morris, E. Ashley and Weisenberger, Matthew C. and Abdallah, Mohamed G. and Vautard, Frederic and Grappe, Hippolyte A. and Ozcan, Soydan and Paulauskas, Felix L. and Eberle, Cliff and Jackson, David C. and Mecham, Sue J. and Naskar, Amit K.},
abstractNote = {In this study, carbon fibers are unique reinforcing agents for lightweight composite materials due to their outstanding mechanical properties and low density. Current technologies are capable of producing carbon fibers with 90-95% of the modulus of perfect graphite (~1025 GPa). However, these same carbon fibers possess less than 10% of the theoretical carbon fiber strength, estimated to be about 100 GPa.[1] Indeed, attempts to increase carbon fiber rigidity results in lower breaking strength. To develop advanced carbon fibers with both very high strength and modulus demands a new manufacturing methodology. Here, we report a method of manufacturing high strength, very high modulus carbon fibers from a very high molecular weight (VHMW) polyacrylonitrile (PAN) precursor without the use of nanomaterial additives such as nucleating or structure-templating agents, as have been used by others.[2,3]},
doi = {10.1016/j.carbon.2016.01.104},
journal = {Carbon},
number = C,
volume = 101,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Feb 02 00:00:00 EST 2016},
month = {Tue Feb 02 00:00:00 EST 2016}
}
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