Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composites Doped with Graphene Oxide in Light of Spectroscopic Studies
Abstract
:1. Introduction
- microwave curing of the composites (instead of typical heating) [12]–improves the wettability of fibers;
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Materials
2.2. Samples and Preparation
2.3. Instrumentation
3. Results and Discussions
3.1. Characterization of Starting Materials
3.2. Characterization of ER Modified by GO
3.3. Properties and Microstructure of CF/GO Composites
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Band (cm−1) | Assignment [54,55] |
---|---|
3700–3100 | O–H stretching |
3030 | stretching of C–H of the epoxy group (oxirane ring) |
2965–2873 | stretching C–H of CH2 and CH aromatic and aliphatic |
1720 | stretching –C=O of carboxyl group |
1608, 1581, 1509 | stretching C=C of aromatic rings |
1249 | stretching C–C of aromatic |
1041 | stretching C–O–C of ethers |
915 | stretching C–O of epoxy group (oxirane ring) |
829 | bending out of plane –CH in aromatic |
738 | rocking CH2 |
GO Addition (wt.%) | Fmax (N) | εmax (mm) | σ (MPa) | E (GPa) | Pp (J/m2) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
0.0 | 93.1 ± 14.8 | 12.7 ± 1.3 | 654.6 ± 58.5 | 44.5 ± 4.3 | 50.4 |
0.1 | 86.7 ± 18.7 | 12.4 ± 1.3 | 678.2 ± 65.3 | 50.3 ± 7.5 | 51.9 |
0.2 | 80.0 ± 7.3 | 12.8 ± 0.7 | 678.7 ± 30.8 | 51.4 ± 2.1 | 53.6 |
0.3 | 84.1 ± 12.6 | 13.9 ± 1.0 | 774.9 ± 55.7 | 60.3 ± 9.2 | 59.9 |
0.4 | 86.0 ± 16.9 | 13.0 ± 1.6 | 724.4 ± 74.2 | 54.9 ± 9.4 | 54.9 |
0.5 | 72.4 ± 6.9 | 11.7 ± 0.7 | 623.2 ± 56.4 | 51.1 ± 2.7 | 43.4 |
1.0 | 73.2 ± 8.2 | 11.6 ± 0.7 | 609.9 ± 80.5 | 48.7 ± 13.5 | 43.3 |
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Florek, P.; Król, M.; Jeleń, P.; Mozgawa, W. Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composites Doped with Graphene Oxide in Light of Spectroscopic Studies. Materials 2021, 14, 1835. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma14081835
Florek P, Król M, Jeleń P, Mozgawa W. Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composites Doped with Graphene Oxide in Light of Spectroscopic Studies. Materials. 2021; 14(8):1835. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma14081835
Chicago/Turabian StyleFlorek, Paulina, Magdalena Król, Piotr Jeleń, and Włodzimierz Mozgawa. 2021. "Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composites Doped with Graphene Oxide in Light of Spectroscopic Studies" Materials 14, no. 8: 1835. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma14081835