Polyacrylonitrile fibers containing graphene oxide nanoribbons

  • An Ting Chien
  • , H. Clive Liu
  • , Bradley A. Newcomb
  • , Changsheng Xiang
  • , James M. Tour
  • , Satish Kumar

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Abstract

Graphene oxide nanoribbon (GONR) made by the oxidative unzipping of multiwalled carbon nanotube was dispersed in dimethylformamide and mixed with polyacrylonitrile (PAN) to fabricate continuous PAN/GONR composite fibers by gel spinning. Subsequently, PAN/GONR composite fibers were stabilized and carbonized in a batch process to fabricate composite carbon fibers. Structure, processing, and properties of the composite precursor and carbon fibers have been studied. This study shows that GONR can be used to make porous precursor and carbon fibers. In addition, GONR also shows the potential to make higher mechanical property carbon fibers than that achieved from PAN precursor only.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)5281-5288
Number of pages8
JournalACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
Volume7
Issue number9
DOIs
StatePublished - 11 Mar 2015
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • carbon fiber
  • fiber
  • graphene oxide nanoribbon
  • polyacrylonitrile

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