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    High‐performance carbon fibers prepared by continuous stabilization and carbonization of electron beam‐irradiated textile grade polyacrylonitrile fibers
    (2021) König, Simon; Bauch, Volker; Herbert, Christian; Wego, Andreas; Steinmann, Mark; Frank, Erik; Buchmeiser, Michael R.
    The manufacturing of high‐performance carbon fibers (CFs) from low‐cost textile grade poly(acrylonitrile) (PAN) homo‐ and copolymers using continuous electron beam (EB) irradiation, stabilization, and carbonization on a kilogram scale is reported. The resulting CFs have tensile strengths of up to 3.1 ± 0.6 GPa and Young's moduli of up to 212 ± 9 GPa, exceeding standard grade CFs such as Toray T300. Additionally, the Weibull strength and modulus, the microstructure, and the morphology of these CFs are determined.
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    Lignin/poly(vinylpyrrolidone) multifilament fibers dry‐spun from water as carbon fiber precursors
    (2023) Kreis, Philipp; Frank, Erik; Clauß, Bernd; Bauch, Volker; Stolpmann, Heiko; Kuske, Lisa; Schneck, Tanja; König, Simon; Buchmeiser, Michael R.
    The preparation of lignin-based carbon fibers by dry spinning from aqueous solution followed by stabilization and continuous carbonization to endless yarns is reported. The influence of carbonization temperature and draw ratio on the morphology and mechanical properties of the final carbon fibers is investigated by single-fiber testing, wide-angle X-ray scattering, scanning electron microscopy, and Raman spectroscopy. A draw ratio of 5% (1.05) with a carbonization temperature of 1400 °C leads to the best mechanical properties. The resulting multifilament carbon fibers have an average diameter between 10-12 µm, an average tensile strength of 1.30 ± 0.32 GPa, a Young's modulus of 101 ± 18 GPa, and an elongation at break of 1.31 ± 0.23%. The maximum Weibull strength (𝜎0) is 1.04 GPa with a Weibull modulus (m) of 5.1. The use of a water-soluble system is economically advantageous; also, unlike melt-spun lignin fibers, the dry-spun precursor fibers can be thermally converted without any additional crosslinking step.