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Carbon Fibers: Precursor Systems, Processing, Structure, and Properties

Erik FrankInstitut für Textilchemie und Chemiefasern (ITCF Denkendorf), Körschtalstrasse 26, 73770 Denkendorf (Germany)Lisa M. SteudleLehrstuhl für Makromolekulare Stoffe und Faserchemie, Institut für Polymerchemie, Universität Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 55, 70550 Stuttgart (Germany)Denis IngildeevInstitut für Textilchemie und Chemiefasern (ITCF Denkendorf), Körschtalstrasse 26, 73770 Denkendorf (Germany)Johanna M. SpörlLehrstuhl für Makromolekulare Stoffe und Faserchemie, Institut für Polymerchemie, Universität Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 55, 70550 Stuttgart (Germany)Michael R. BuchmeiserInstitut für Textilchemie und Chemiefasern (ITCF Denkendorf), Körschtalstrasse 26, 73770 Denkendorf (Germany)
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This Review gives an overview of precursor systems, their processing, and the final precursor-dependent structure of carbon fibers (CFs) including new developments in precursor systems for low-cost CFs. The following CF precursor systems are discussed: poly(acrylonitrile)-based copolymers, pitch, cellulose, lignin, poly(ethylene), and new synthetic polymeric precursors for high-end CFs. In addition, structure-property relationships and the different models for describing both the structure and morphology of CFs will be presented.

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