Unidirectional Carbon Fiber Tape Epoxy Repair Prepreg, Vacuum Curing Part 5 - Material Specification for Unidirectional Carbon Fiber Tape Epoxy Prepreg for Repair and Film Adhesive for Repair, 120 to 145 °C (250 to 290 °F) Curing

Polyetheretherketone (PEEK) is a crystallizable thermoplastic used as composite matrix materials in application which requires high yield stress, high toughness, long term high temperature service, and resistance to solvent and radiation. There have been several reports on the crystallization behavior of neat PEEK and of CF/PEEK composite. Other reports discussed the effects of crystallization on the mechanical properties of PEEK and CF/PEEK composites. However, these reports were all concerned with the crystallization or melting processes at or close to atmospheric pressure. Thus, the effects of high pressure on the crystallization of CF/PEEK will be examined in this study.The continuous carbon fiber reinforced PEEK (CF/PEEK) laminate composite with 68 wt.% of fibers was obtained from Imperial Chemical Industry (ICI). For the high pressure experiments, HIP was used to keep these samples under 1000, 1500 or 2000 atm. Then the samples were slowly cooled from 420 °C to 60 °C in the cooling rate about 1 - 2 degree per minute to induce high pressure crystallization. After the high pressure treatment, the samples were scanned in regular DSC to study the crystallinity and the melting temperature. Following the regular polishing, etching, and gold coating of the sample surface, the scanning electron microscope (SEM) was used to image the microstructure of the crystals. Also the samples about 25mmx5mmx3mm were prepared for the 3-point bending tests.

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Enhanced performance of supercapacitors by constructing a “mini parallel-plate capacitor” in an electrode with high dielectric constant materials

Journal of Materials Chemistry A ◽

10.1039/d0ta04364h ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 8 (32) ◽

pp. 16661-16668

Author(s):

Huayao Tu ◽

Shouzhi Wang ◽

Hehe Jiang ◽

Zhenyan Liang ◽

Dong Shi ◽

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Keyword(s):

Dielectric Constant ◽

Carbon Fiber ◽

Parallel Plate ◽

Sandwich Structure ◽

High Dielectric Constant ◽

Parallel Plate Capacitor ◽

Plate Capacitor ◽

Fiber Metal ◽

High Dielectric ◽

Mini Plate

The carbon fiber/metal oxide/metal oxynitride layer sandwich structure is constructed in the electrode to form a mini-plate capacitor. High dielectric constant metal oxides act as dielectric to increase their capacitance.

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