Rapid stabilization of polyacrylonitrile fibers achieved by plasma-assisted thermal treatment on electron-beam irradiated fibers

Sejoon Park; Hyun-Sig Kil; Dalsu Choi; Seok-Kyun Song; Sungho Lee

Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, Vol.69, 449-454, January, 2019

DOI10.1016/j.jiec.2018.10.008 Export Citation

Rapid stabilization of polyacrylonitrile fibers achieved by plasma-assisted thermal treatment on electron-beam irradiated fibers

Sejoon Park¹, Hyun-Sig Kil¹, Dalsu Choi¹, Seok-Kyun Song², and Sungho Lee^{1, 3, †}

¹Carbon Composite Materials Research Center, Institute of Advanced Composite Materials, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, 92 Chudong-ro, Bongdong-eup, Wanju-gun, Jeollabuk-do 55324, Republic of Korea
²Plasma Application Division, Cheorwon Plasma Research Institute, 4620 Hoguk-ro, Galmal-eup, Cheorwon-gun, Gangwon-do 24047, Republic of Korea
³Department of Nano Material Engineering, Korea University of Science and Technology, 217 Gajeong-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 34113 Republic of Korea

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In the manufacturing process of polyacrylonitrile (PAN) based carbon fiber (CF), stabilization, is crucial to both process efficiency and the mechanical properties of CFs. Highly effective stabilization was successfully demonstrated by plasma-assisted thermal treatment (PT) on electron-beam irradiated PAN fibers. The method was remarkably efficient to prepare carbonizable fibers within a total stabilization time of 13.3 min, which includes electron beam irradiation (3.3 min) and PT time (10 min). We believe that such a fast stabilization was achieved by coaction of diffusive and reactive oxygen species from atmospheric plasma source with oxygen-favored radicals introduced by pre-treatment of electron-beam irradiation.

Keywords:Polyacrylonitrile;Stabilization;Carbon fiber;Electron beam;Plasma

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[Referenced By]

[1] Frank E, Steudle LM, Ingildeev D, Sporl JM, Buchmeiser MR, Angew. Chem.-Int. Edit., 53(21), 5262 (2014)

[2] Huang XS, Materials, 2(4), 2369 (2009)

[3] Fitzer E, Frohs W, Heine M, Carbon, 24(4), 387 (1986)

[4] Rahaman MSA, Ismail AF, Mustafa A, Polym. Degrad. Stab., 92(8), 1421 (2007)

[5] Lee H, Lee LW, Lee SW, Joh HI, Jo SM, Lee S, E-Polymers, 14(3), 217 (2014)

[6] Hunt MA, Saito T, Brown RH, Kumbhar AS, Naskar AK, Adv. Mater., 24(18), 2386 (2012)

[7] Morales MS, Ogale AA, J. Appl. Polym. Sci., 131(16), 40623 (2014)

[8] Kim MI, Park MS, Lee YS, Carbon Lett., 18(1), 56 (2016)

[9] Dietrich J, Hirt P, Herlinger H, Eur. Polym. J., 32(5), 617 (1996)

[10] Elmarakbi A, Advanced Composite Materials for Automotive Applications:Structural Integrity and Crashworthiness, Wiley, pp.51 2013.

[11] Lee S, Kim J, Ku BC, Kim J, Joh HI, Adv. Chem. Eng. Sci., 2, 275 (2012)

[12] Lee DH, Choi J, Oh YS, Kim YA, Yang KS, Ryu HJ, Kim YJ, Carbon Lett., 24(1), 28 (2017)

[13] Jang SY, Ko S, Jeon YP, Choi J, Kang N, Kim HC, Joh HI, Lee S, J. Ind. Eng. Chem., 45, 316 (2017)

[14] Kil HS, Jang SY, Ko SH, Jeo YP, Kim HC, Joh HI, Lee SH, J. Ind. Eng. Chem., 58, 349 (2018)

[15] Lee SW, Lee HY, Jang SY, Jo S, Lee HS, Choe WH, Lee S, Carbon, 55, 361 (2013)

[16] Kim SY, Lee S, Park S, Jo SM, Lee HS, Joh HI, Carbon, 94, 412 (2015)

[17] Park S, Yoo SH, Kang HR, Jo SM, Joh HI, Lee S, Sci. Rep., 6, 27330 (2016)

[18] Yoo SH, Park S, Park Y, Lee D, Joh HI, Shin I, Lee S, Carbon, 118, 106 (2017)

[19] Dunham MG, Edie DD, Carbon, 30(3), 435 (1992)

[20] Donnet JB, Ehrburger P, Carbon, 15(3), 143 (1977)

[21] Takaku A, Hashimoto T, Miyoshi T, J. Appl. Polym. Sci., 30(4), 1565 (1985)

[22] Gupta A, Harrison IR, Carbon, 35(6), 809 (1997)

[23] Gupta A, Harrison IR, Carbon, 34(11), 1427 (1996)

[24] Yu MJ, Wang CG, Bai YJ, Xu Y, Zhu B, J. Appl. Polym. Sci., 107(3), 1939 (2008)