• Carbon letters
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.285-292
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• 2010

Novel unsaturated polyester composites with PAN-based nanofiber, stabilized PAN nanofiber, and carbonized nanofiber webs have been fabricated, respectively, and the effects of the nanofiber web content on their electrical resistivity, the thermal stability, dynamic storage modulus, and fracture surfaces were studied. The result demonstrated that the introduction of just one single layer (which is corresponding to 2 wt.%) of the carbonized nanofiber web to unsaturated polyester resin (UPE) could contribute to reducing markedly the electrical resistivity of the resin reflecting the percolation threshold, to improving the storage modulus, and to increasing the thermal stability above $350^{\circ}C$. The effect on decreasing the resistivity and increasing the modulus was the greatest at the carbonized PAN nanofiber web content of 8 wt.%, particularly showing that the storage modulus was increased about 257~283% in the measuring temperature range of $-25^{\circ}C$ to $50^{\circ}C$. The result also exhibited that the carbonized PAN nanofibers were distributed uniformly and compactly in the unsaturated polyester, connecting the matrix three-dimensionally through the thickness direction of each specimen. It seemed that such the fiber distribution played a role in reducing the electrical resistivity as well as in improving the dynamic storage modulus.

• Carbon letters
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• 제8권4호
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• pp.313-320
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• 2007

In the present study, electrospun PAN precursor webs and the stabilized and carbonized nanofiber webs processed under different heat-treatment conditions were characterized by means of weight loss measurement, elemental analysis, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), attenuated total reflection-Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (ATR-FTIR), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), thermogravimentric analysis (TGA), and X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis. The result indicated that stabilization and carbonization processes with different temperatures and heating rates significantly influenced the chemical and morphological characteristics as well as the thermal properties of the stabilized and then subsequently carbonized nanofiber webs from PAN precursor webs. It was noted that the filament diameter and the carbon content of a carbonized nanofiber web as well as its weight change may be effectively monitored by controlling both stabilization and carbonization processes.

• Carbon letters
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• 제3권4호
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• pp.210-218
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• 2002

Electrostatic spinnings were performed with the solutions of PAN/DMF to be nanofiber webs. The diameter of the fibers ranged from 200 nm to 1000 nm depending on the PAN concentration and on the applied DC voltage. The nanofibers were oxidatively stabilized and subsequently carbonized up to $1000^{\circ}C$ with carbonization yield of 40%. The bulk electric conductivity of the carbonized web increased form $6.8{\times}10^{-3}S/cm$ to 1.96 S/cm while the carbonizaton temperature increased from $700^{\circ}C$ to $1000^{\circ}C$.

• 전기화학회지
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• 제5권3호
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• pp.117-124
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• 2002

PAN(polyacrylonitrile)을 DMF(dimethylformamide) 용매에 용해하여 정전방사법에 의해 평균 직경 400 nm의 나노섬유 웹을 제조하였다. 제조된 나노섬유 웹은 산화 안정화, 활성화 공정을 거쳐 활성화 탄소 나노섬유를 제조하여, 전기화학적 특성과 비축전 용량을 측73하였다. 활성화 탄소 나노섬유의 비표면적은 $1230m^2/g-800m^2/g$으로 일반 활성탄소 섬유의 거동과는 다르게 활성화 온도가 증가할수록 감소하는 경향을 나타냈으며, 활성화 에너지 값은 29.2kJ/mol로 활성화 온도에 크게 영향을 받지 않고, 급격한 반응이 일어남을 알 수 있었다. 비축전 용량은 활성화 온도가 $700^{\circ}C,\;750^{\circ}C,\;800^{\circ}C$의 경우 27 F/g, 25 F/g, 22 F/g으로 활성화 온도가 증가할수록 비표면적에 비례하여 낮아지는 경향을 나타냈다.