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http://dx.doi.org/10.7234/composres.2016.29.5.262

Characterization of Milled Carbon Fibers-filled Pitch-based Carbon Paper for Gas Diffusion Layer  

Ham, Eun-Kwang (Korea Institute of Carbon Convergence Technology)
Yoon, Dong-Ho (R&D Center, KUK IL Paper MFG. Co., Ltd.)
Kim, Byoung-Suhk (Department of Organic Materials and Fiber Engineering, Chonbuk National University)
Seo, Min-Kang (Korea Institute of Carbon Convergence Technology)
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Composites Research / v.29, no.5, 2016 , pp. 262-268 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this work, the pitch-based carbon paper (P-CP) was prepared by re-impregnating of binder pitches and PAN-based milled carbon fibers (MCF) at low temperature carbonization process. The influence of MCF content on physicochemical properties of MCF/P-CP was investigated. As a result, the tensile strength of MCF/P-CP was increased sharply from 10 wt.% to 20 wt.% of MCF. Also, the increase of MCF content led to the decrease of interfacial contact resistivity and the improvement of electrical and thermal conductivity of MCF/P-CP. These results were probably due to the increase of density of MCF/P-CP, resulting in the formation of electrically and thermally conductive paths of the carbon paper.
Keywords
Carbon paper; Pitch-based carbon fibers; PAN-based carbon fibers; Tensile strength; Interfacial contact resistivity; Electrical/thermal conductivities;
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