Original Article
  • Polyacrylonitrile based Copolymer Synthesis and Precursor Fiber Spinning for Manufacturing High-performance Carbon Fiber

  • Hyejin Ju*, Minjung Han*, Kyunghyun Song*, Changbeom Jeon*, Hwakyung Jeong*, Min Jeong Kim**, Han Gi Chae*†

  • * School of Materials Science and Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, Korea
    ** LOTTE Chemical Advanced Materials, LOTTE Chemical, Korea

  • 고성능 탄소섬유 제조를 위한 폴리아크릴로니트릴 기반 공중합 고분자 합성 및 전구체 섬유 방사

  • 주혜진*· 한민정*· 송경현*· 전창범*· 정화경*· 김민정**· 채한기*†

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Abstract

The performance of carbon fiber is important for the production of these high-quality polymer composite materials such as CFRP (Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastic). For this purpose, it is essential to use an optimized spinning process for improving the mechanical, physical, and structural properties of the precursor fiber, which greatly affects the properties of the carbon fiber, and the use of a suitable precursor polymer. In this study, the content of MAA (Methacrylic Acid), MAA injection time, and concentration of AIBN (2,2'-Azobis(2-methylpropionitrile)) were set as parameters for the polymer synthesis process, and Poly(AN-co-MAA) (poly(acrylonitrile-co-methacrylic acid)) was polymerized by solution polymerization. Poly(AN-co-MAA) with a molecular weight of 305,138 g/mol and an MAA ratio of 4.2% was dissolved in DMF (N,N-dimethylformamide) at a concentration of 16.0 wt%, and then a precursor fiber was prepared through dry-jet-wet spinning. The precursor fiber had a tensile strength of ~1.06 GPa and a tensile modulus of ~22.01 GPa, and no voids and structural defects were observed on the fiber


탄소섬유의 성능은 탄소 섬유 강화 플라스틱(CFRP)과 같은 고품질 고분자 복합재료에 매우 중요하다. 이를 위해 탄소섬유 물성에 큰 영향을 주는 전구체 섬유의 기계적, 물리적, 구조적 특성을 개선할 수 있는 최적화된 방사공정과 이를 위한 적합한 전구체 공중합 고분자를 사용하는 것은 필수적이다. 본 연구에서는 메타크릴산(MAA)의 함량과 주입시간, 2,2'-아조비스(2-메틸프로피오니트릴) (AIBN)의 농도를 합성공정 변수로 설정하였으며, 용액 중합법(solution polymerization)에 의해 Poly(AN-co-MAA)가 합성되었다. 305,138 g/mol의 분자량과 4.2%의 MAA 비율을 가지는 Poly(AN-co-MAA)를 N,N-디메틸포름아미드(DMF)에 16.0 wt% 농도로 용해시킨 후 기격습식방사법(dry-jet-wet spinning)으로 전구체 섬유를 제조하였다. 섬유의 인장강도는 ~1.06 GPa, 인장탄성률은 ~22.01 GPa였으며, 섬유에서의 공극 및 구조적 결함은 관찰되지 않았다


Keywords: 폴리아크릴로니트릴(Polyacrylonitrile), 탄소섬유 전구체(Carbon fiber precursor), 공중합(Copolymerization), 방사공정(Spinning)

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Correspondence to

  • Han Gi Chae

  • School of Materials Science and Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, Korea

  • E-mail: hgchae@unist.ac.kr