Abstract
The intercalation of fluorine in various types of carbon fibers (PAN-based or pitch-based, asreceived or high-temperature treated) has been investigated at room temperature in the presence of gaseous HF. Stage-1 compounds with C2.5F to C4F compositions are obtained for 10 bar F2 pressures, whereas lower pressures (1 bar F2) lead to stage-2 compounds. Although in higher stages (≥2) the electrical conductivity is generally larger than in the pristine fiber, in stage-1 compounds a drastic increase of resistivity is observed, ρ being more than one order of magnitude larger than that of the starting material. Finally, fluorine-intercalated GICs have been found appropriate to investigate the effects of disorder and reduced dimensionality.
| Original language | British English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1485-1492 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Carbon |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue number | 8 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1994 |
Keywords
- fluorine intercalation
- High-temperature treated carbon fibers
- transport properties