Metal Catalyst for Preparation of Multiscale Reinforcement of Carbon Nanotubes on Carbon Fibers

doi:10.11901/1005.3093.2018.423

Chinese Journal of Materials Research

2018, Vol. 32

Issue (7): 495-501 DOI: 10.11901/1005.3093.2018.423

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Metal Catalyst for Preparation of Multiscale Reinforcement of Carbon Nanotubes on Carbon Fibers

Yanxiang WANG¹, Shunsheng SU¹(

), Wenxin FAN^1,², Jianjie QIN¹, Ce QU¹, Chengguo WANG¹

1 Key Laboratory for Liquid-Solid Structural Evolution and Processing of Materials (Ministry of Education), Shandong University, Jinan 250061, China
2 School of Materials Science and Engineering, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, China

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Yanxiang WANG, Shunsheng SU, Wenxin FAN, Jianjie QIN, Ce QU, Chengguo WANG. Metal Catalyst for Preparation of Multiscale Reinforcement of Carbon Nanotubes on Carbon Fibers. Chinese Journal of Materials Research, 2018, 32(7): 495-501.

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Carbon nanotubes (CNTs)-grafted carbon fibers, which can significantly improve the tensile strength of carbon fibers, were successfully prepared via chemical vapor deposition (CVD) process. It was found that the metal catalyst composition had a little influence on the morphology of catalyst particles and tensile strength of carbon fibers after the reduction of catalyst precursor, but significantly affected the growth rate of CNTs and the corresponding tensile strength of CNT-grafted carbon fibers. High catalyst activity not only contributes to the high-efficiency for the synthesis of CNTs, but also facilitate the healing of damages on surface and strengthening of carbon fibers. Fe-Cu and Ni-Cu catalysts were found to be high efficient catalyst for CNTs growth. Therewith, the tensile strength of the CNTs grafted carbon fiber prepared in the presence of catalysts of Fe-Cu and Ni-Cu increased by 12.26% and 12.80% respectively.

Key words: inorganic non-metallic materials metal catalyst carbon nanotubes carbon fibers tensile strength CNT-grafted carbon fibers

Received: 23 January 2018

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TQ342.31

Fund: Supported by Natural Science Foundation Project of Shangdong (Nos. ZR2017MEM011 & 2018GGX104022) and National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51573087)

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Fig.1 Flow chart for the fabrication of CNT-grafted carbon fibers

Fig.2 Morphology of catalyst particles coated on carbon fibers (a) Fe, (b) Fe-Cu, (c) Fe₂Co, (d) Fe₂Ni used as catalyst and (e) High-power microscope for the catalyst granule of Fe

Fig.3 Effect of the concentration of catalyst precursor on (a) the amount of catalyst and (b) the diameters of catalyst particles and CNTs/CNFs deposited on the surface of carbon fibers

Fig.4 Tensile strength, Roman spectra and I_D/I_G of carbon fibers coated with different catalyst particles (a) tensile strength, (b) Roman spectra, (c) I_D/I_G

Fig.5 Morphology of CNT-grafted carbon fibers produced using different catalyst (a) Fe, (b) Fe-Cu, (c) Fe₂Co, (d) Fe₂Ni

Fig.6 Tensile strength of CNT-grafted carbon fibers produced using different catalyst (a) and effect of metal catalyst on the tensile strength of carbon fiber under different temperature (b)

Fig.7 Tensile strength and morphology of CNT-grafted carbon fibers produced using different catalyst

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