Pyrolysis of brominated polyethylene as an alternative carbon fibre precursor
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Laycock, Bronwyn, Wang, Xiaoyu, Liu, Ru-Fen, Annamalai, Pratheep Kumar, Cork, Jorja, Derstine, Chris, Mills, Michael and McFarland, Eric W.. 2020. "Pyrolysis of brominated polyethylene as an alternative carbon fibre precursor." Polymer Degradation and Stability. 172. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2019.109057
| Article Title | Pyrolysis of brominated polyethylene as an alternative carbon fibre precursor |
|---|---|
| ERA Journal ID | 1691 |
| Article Category | Article |
| Authors | Laycock, Bronwyn, Wang, Xiaoyu, Liu, Ru-Fen, Annamalai, Pratheep Kumar, Cork, Jorja, Derstine, Chris, Mills, Michael and McFarland, Eric W. |
| Journal Title | Polymer Degradation and Stability |
| Journal Citation | 172 |
| Article Number | 109057 |
| Number of Pages | 11 |
| Year | 2020 |
| Publisher | Elsevier |
| Place of Publication | United Kingdom |
| ISSN | 0141-3910 |
| 0144-2880 | |
| 1873-2321 | |
| Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2019.109057 |
| Web Address (URL) | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0141391019303854 |
| Abstract | Polyethylene as a polymeric precursor for carbon fibre production has attracted much attention over recent years. Not only is it a low-cost commodity polymer, it has a higher theoretical carbon yield (at 100%) than polyacrylonitrile (at 67%) and is very readily melt processed into fibres. The challenge is to efficiently dehydrogenate and graphitize polyethylene fibres. This paper explores the use of bromine as a novel oxidant to functionalise polyethylene prior to carbonisation, leading to efficient cyclisation and carbonisation on heating. Through a process of low-temperature photo-induced liquid-phase bromination followed by dehydrobromination at moderate temperature and subsequent carbonisation to 800 °C, a carbonaceous product was obtained in high carbon yield (>90%). The effects of a range of process conditions, as well as the use of different types of polyethylene and polyethylene blends, were explored. |
| Keywords | carbon fibre; Polyethylene; Pyrolysis |
| ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 401609. Polymers and plastics |
| 340302. Macromolecular materials | |
| Public Notes | Files associated with this item cannot be displayed due to copyright restrictions. |
| Byline Affiliations | University of Queensland |
| Fonterra Research and Development Centre, New Zealand | |
| Clean Diesel Technologies, United States | |
| Dow Chemical Company, Germany | |
| University of California Santa Barbara, United States |
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