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Mechanical properties of carbon nanotube/carbon fiber reinforced thermoplastic polymer composite

  • Wenbo Liu*
  • , Lizhi Li
  • , Shu Zhang
  • , Fan Yang
  • , Rongguo Wang
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Harbin Institute of Technology
  • National Energy Administration

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Abstract

Carbon nanotube (CNT)/carbon fiber (CF) hybrid fiber was fabricated by sizing unsized CF tow with a sizing agent containing CNT. The hybrid fiber was used to reinforce a thermoplastic polymer to prepare multiscale composite. The mechanical properties of the multiscale composite were characterized. Compared with the base composite (traditional commercial CF), the multiscale composite reinforced by the CNT/CF hybrid fiber shows increases in interlaminar shear strength (ILSS) and impact toughness. Laminate containing CNTs showed a 115.4% increase in ILSS and 27.0% increase in impact toughness. The reinforcing mechanism was also discussed by observing the impact fracture morphology. POLYM. COMPOS., 38:2001–2008, 2017.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2001-2008
Number of pages8
JournalPolymer Composites
Volume38
Issue number9
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 2017
Externally publishedYes

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