Electrocoating of carbon fibres at ambient conditions
2016 (English)In: Composites Part B: Engineering, ISSN 1359-8368, E-ISSN 1879-1069, Vol. 91, p. 94-102Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
Electrocoating at constant current is less sensitive to moisture and oxygen than electrocoating at controlled potential, which makes it more interesting for industrial implementation. The galvanostatic electrocoating of carbon fibres with Poly(methylmethacrylate) (PMMA) was therefore studied and compared to the well researched potentiostatic electrocoating procedure. The influence of different experimental parameters on the coating efficiency was investigated in order to identify the mechanisms that are involved in the cathodic electrocoating at constant current. It could be confirmed that the involved mechanisms differ from potentiostatic electrocoating and it was found that galvanostatic electrocoating is more efficient at ambient conditions compared to potentiostatic electrocoating. Polymer layers that cover the entire carbon fibre surface could be achieved in a continuous process by galvanostatic electrocoating under ambient conditions.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Elsevier Ltd , 2016. Vol. 91, p. 94-102
Keywords [en]
Carbon fibre, Interface/interphase, Surface treatments, Fibers, Ambient conditions, Coating efficiency, Constant current, Continuous process, Surface treatment, Experimental parameters, Industrial implementation, Interface/interphases, Carbon fibers
National Category
Natural Sciences
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:ri:diva-41029DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesb.2016.01.027Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-84958154361OAI: oai:DiVA.org:ri-41029DiVA, id: diva2:1377036
Note
Funding details: European Commission, 314567; Funding text 1: The authors like to express their gratitude to Dr. Simon Leijonmarck and Dr. Tony Carlson for sharing their expertise regarding electrocoating of carbon fibres. The presented work was funded by the European Commission within the project ENLIGHT (Grant agreement No: 314567 ).
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