Carbon-based fibers for advanced electrochemical energy storage devices

S Chen, L Qiu, HM Cheng - Chemical Reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
Advanced electrochemical energy storage devices (EESDs) that can store electrical energy
efficiently while being miniature/flexible/wearable/load-bearing are much needed for various …

High performances of plant fiber reinforced composites—A new insight from hierarchical microstructures

Z Zhang, S Cai, Y Li, Z Wang, Y Long, T Yu… - Composites science and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Plant fibers (ramie, jute, sisal, kenaf, etc.) reinforced composites (PFRCs) have raised great
attentions during the past decade and have been increasingly used in automotive …

A strong, tough, and scalable structural material from fast‐growing bamboo

Z Li, C Chen, R Mi, W Gan, J Dai, M Jiao… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Lightweight structural materials with high strength are desirable for advanced applications in
transportation, construction, automotive, and aerospace. Bamboo is one of the fastest …

Recent developments in cellulose nanomaterial composites

CM Clarkson, SM El Awad Azrak, ES Forti… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Cellulose nanomaterials (CNMs) are a class of materials that have recently garnered
attention in fields as varied as structural materials, biomaterials, rheology modifiers …

Low-temperature carbonization of polyacrylonitrile/graphene carbon fibers: A combined ReaxFF molecular dynamics and experimental study

S Rajabpour, Q Mao, Z Gao, MK Talkhoncheh, J Zhu… - Carbon, 2021 - Elsevier
Graphene inclusion in a polymer matrix is a promising route to significantly enhance the
mechanical properties of low-grade carbon fibers (CFs). Using ReaxFF molecular dynamics …

Flexible carbon fiber based structural supercapacitor composites with solvate ionic liquid-epoxy solid electrolyte

B Dharmasiri, F Stojcevski, KAS Usman, SA Qin… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
The “mass-less” energy storage technology based on the concept of multifunctional
structural energy storage composites has the potential to revolutionize the design and …

Cost-effective carbon fiber precursor selections of polyacrylonitrile-derived blend polymers: carbonization chemistry and structural characterizations

Q Mao, S Rajabpour, MK Talkhoncheh, J Zhu… - Nanoscale, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Blending polyacrylonitrile (PAN) with plastic wastes and bio-based polymers provides a
convenient and inexpensive method to realize cost-effective carbon fiber (CF) precursors. In …

Assembling nanocelluloses into fibrous materials and their emerging applications

B Wang, S Qiu, Z Chen, Y Hu, G Shi, H Zhuo… - Carbohydrate …, 2023 - Elsevier
Nanocelluloses, derived from various plants or specific bacteria, represent the renewable
and sophisticated nano building blocks for emerging functional materials. Especially, the …

[HTML][HTML] Unveiling the transformation of liquid crystalline domains into carbon crystallites during carbonization of mesophase pitch-derived fibers

J Choi, Y Lee, Y Chae, SS Kim, TH Kim, S Lee - Carbon, 2022 - Elsevier
Despite extensive studies on structural changes during the carbonization process of pitch-
derived fibers, an accurate description of the transformation from liquid crystalline domains …

Preparation of cellulose-based carbon nanofibers/NiCo2S4 composites for high-performance all-solid-state symmetric supercapacitors

C Yuan, M Zhang, X Ni, K Li, C Liu, H Chen… - Journal of Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
Carbon fiber-based electrodes hold great potential application in flexible supercapacitors,
however most of carbon fibers are fabricated by nonrenewable polyacrylonitrile. In this work …