Thermal and mechanical properties of phenolic-based composites reinforced by carbon fibres and multiwall carbon nanotubes

Fabrication and characterization of eco‐friendly human‐hair derived porous carbon‐filled carbon fabric‐reinforced polymer composites

“…A comparison is shown between some important results obtained from the present study such as flexural strength, flexural modulus, storage modulus, electrical conductivity, and bulk density of CPCs with the some reported values in the open literature using different fillers like carbon black , glass particles , ceramic particles , natural graphite powder , graphite flake , and CNTs as demonstrated in Table . It can be observed that HHC‐filled CPCs exhibit comparable mechanical and dynamic mechanical properties and even in some cases it shows higher properties such as HHC‐filled CPCs give better flexural strength than ceramic particles, nano‐carbon, natural and exfoliated graphite and CNTs.…”

“…Despite of the excellent combination of properties the CPCs have poor thermal and electrical conductivity, poor high temperature stability, low specific mechanical strength, poor tribological characteristics, and very high cost. Hence, the researchers have incorporated various fillers such as glass, ceramic and carbon black micro particles , metal particles (zinc) , zinc oxide and silicon carbide , solid lubricant (graphite) , nano‐carbon black , natural graphite powder , exfoliated graphite , graphite flake , carbon fiber powder , and carbon nanotubes (CNTs) in composites either to improve some of the poor properties, and/or to decrease cost of the products and also to enlarge the scope of CPCs usage. Since most of the fillers used here are obtained from non‐renewable resources such as petroleum oil and gases, inorganic materials, etc.…”

Experimental investigation of mechanical, thermal, and ablation performance of ZrO2/SiC modified C‐Ph composites

“…The first stage of decomposition is primarily due to the chemical decomposition and oxidation of phenolic resin whereas, the second stage of decomposition is mostly due to oxidation of C‐fibers. Several researchers have reported a similar observation on the decomposition of C‐Ph composites …”

Synergistic improvement of thermal conductivity in polymer composites filled with pitch based carbon fiber and graphene nanoplatelets

“…Typically, the highly heat-dissipating polymer composites have been fabricated by filling polymer resins with high thermal conductivity fillers comprised of carbon, ceramic or metal [4]. Although highly heat-dissipating polymer composites containing ceramic or metallic fillers can deliver stable performance, highly heat-dissipating polymer composites filled with carbon fillers are drawing increasing attention with recent efforts to reduce component weight, especially in the transport and communication industries [5,6]. Unlike percolation theory, in which the electrical properties of composites rapidly increase at or above a certain level of filler content, reports indicate that the thermal conductivity of composites has a simple relationship, increasing in proportion to the filler content [7].…”