title: Polyacrylonitrile fibers containing graphene oxide nanoribbons.
abstract: Graphene oxide nanoribbon (GONR) made by the oxidative unzipping of multiwalled carbon nanotube was dispersed in dimethylformamide and mixed with polyacrylonitrile (PAN) to fabricate continuous PAN/GONR composite fibers by gel spinning. Subsequently, PAN/GONR composite fibers were stabilized and carbonized in a batch process to fabricate composite carbon fibers. Structure, processing, and properties of the composite precursor and carbon fibers have been studied. This study shows that GONR can be used to make porous precursor and carbon fibers. In addition, GONR also shows the potential to make higher mechanical property carbon fibers than that achieved from PAN precursor only.
authors: School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology , 801 Ferst Drive, NW MRDC-1, Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0295, United States.
authors: An-Ting
authors: AT
authors: Chien
authors: H Clive
authors: HC
authors: Liu
authors: Bradley A
authors: BA
authors: Newcomb
authors: Changsheng
authors: C
authors: Xiang
authors: James M
authors: JM
authors: Tour
authors: Satish
authors: S
authors: Kumar
keywords: carbon fiber; fiber; graphene oxide nanoribbon; polyacrylonitrile