• 文献标题:   PET/Graphene Nanocomposite Fibers Obtained by Dry-Jet Wet-Spinning for Conductive Textiles
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   LEONBOIGUES L, FLORES A, GOMEZFATOU MA, VEGA JF, ELLIS GJ, SALAVAGIONE HJ
  • 作者关键词:   smart textile, mechanical stability, electrical conductivity, deformation cycle
  • 出版物名称:   POLYMERS
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  • 被引频次:   0
  • DOI:   10.3390/polym15051245
  • 出版年:   2023

▎ 摘  要

The combination of polyethylene terephthalate (PET), one of the most used polymers in the textile industry, with graphene, one of the most outstanding conductive materials in recent years, represents a promising strategy for the preparation of conductive textiles. This study focuses on the preparation of mechanically stable and conductive polymer textiles and describes the preparation of PET/graphene fibers by the dry-jet wet-spinning method from nanocomposite solutions in trifluoroacetic acid. Nanoindentation results show that the addition of a small amount of graphene (2 wt.%) to the glassy PET fibers produces a significant modulus and hardness enhancement (approximate to 10%) that can be partly attributed to the intrinsic mechanical properties of graphene but also to the promotion of crystallinity. Higher graphene loadings up to 5 wt.% are found to produce additional mechanical improvements up to approximate to 20% that can be merely attributed to the superior properties of the filler. Moreover, the nanocomposite fibers display an electrical conductivity percolation threshold over 2 wt.% approaching approximate to 0.2 S/cm for the largest graphene loading. Finally, bending tests on the nanocomposite fibers show that the good electrical conductivity can be preserved under cyclic mechanical loading.