Room-temperature aqueous plasma electrolyzing Al 2 O 3 nano-coating on carbon fiber

Yuping Zhang, Yang Meng, Yonghua Shen, Weiwei Chen*, Huanwu Cheng, Lu Wang

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Abstract

A novel room-temperature aqueous plasma electrolysis technique has been developed in order to prepared Al 2 O 3 nano-coating on each fiber within a carbon fiber bundle. The microstructure and formation mechanism of the Al 2 O 3 nano-coating were systematically investigated. The oxidation resistance and tensile strength of the Al 2 O 3 -coated carbon fiber was measured at elevated temperatures. It showed that the dense Al 2 O 3 nano-coating was relatively uniformly deposited with 80–120 nm in thickness. The Al 2 O 3 nano-coating effectively protected the carbon fiber, evidenced by the slower oxidation rate and significant increase of the burn-out temperature from 800 °C to 950 °C. Although the bare carbon fiber remained ∼25 wt.% after oxidation at 700 °C for 20 min, a full destruction was observed, evidenced by the ∼0 GPa of the tensile strength, compared to ∼1.3 GPa of the Al 2 O 3 -coated carbon fiber due to the effective protection from the Al 2 O 3 nano-coating. The formation mechanism of the Al 2 O 3 nano-coating on carbon fiber was schematically established mainly based on the physic-chemical effect in the cathodic plasma arc zone.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)357-364
Number of pages8
JournalApplied Surface Science
Volume419
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 15 Oct 2017

Keywords

  • Al O nano-coating
  • Aqueous plasma electrolysis
  • Carbon fiber
  • Oxidation resistance
  • Tensile strength

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Zhang, Y., Meng, Y., Shen, Y., Chen, W., Cheng, H., & Wang, L. (2017). Room-temperature aqueous plasma electrolyzing Al 2 O 3 nano-coating on carbon fiber Applied Surface Science, 419, 357-364. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2017.05.064