Improvement in the mechanical properties of polyacrylonitrile (PAN)-based carbon fibers after fluorination

  • R. B. Mathur
  • , V. Gupta
  • , O. P. Bahl
  • , A. Tressaud
  • , S. Flandrois

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Abstract

Intercalation of fluorine in polyacrylonitrile (PAN)-based carbon fibers (HTT approximately 1400 °C) was carried out in the presence of hydrogen fluoride as an additive. The study revealed that there is no definite stage formation in the fluorinated compounds, rather fluorine is trapped in the defects or diffused in to graphene layers and form covalent C-F bond at the surface of the fibers. Mechanical properties improve for lower concentrations of fluorine into the fibers (up F/C approximately 0.04%).

Original languageBritish English
Pages (from-to)197-200
Number of pages4
JournalSynthetic Metals
Volume114
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Aug 2000

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