Radial Distribution of Functional Groups in Polyacrylonitrile Pre-oxidized Fibers 


Vol. 25,  No. 11, pp. 4283-4290, Nov.  2024
10.1007/s12221-024-00751-w


PDF
  Abstract

The functional group distribution and skin–core structure of polyacrylonitrile (PAN) pre-oxidized fibers have been evaluated by solid-state 13C-NMR, electron probe micro-analysis, element analysis, nano-infrared spectroscopy atomic force microscopy, and optical microscopy. The pre-oxidized fibers exhibited a skin–core structure with high optical density (OD) values in the skin and low OD values in the core. As the heat treatment temperature was increased, the OD of the pre-oxidized fibers increased, which is because of the formation of C = O, C = N, C = C, and their conjugated structures of C = N with C = C. The difference in the OD values between the pre-oxidized fiber skin and core became increasingly apparent as the heat treatment temperature increased, with the OD difference increasing from 0.045 at 220 °C to 0.085 at 260 °C. The OD difference is closely related to the oxygen element and C = O functional groups in the fiber. The contents of the oxygen element and C = O in the pre-oxidized fiber skin were higher than those in the pre-oxidized fiber core. At a heat treatment temperature of 260 °C, the relative content of C = O in the skin was 0.454, whereas that in the core was 0.313, which was consistent with the trend of the OD value change. In comparison, C = C and C = N formed during pre-oxidation were not substantially distributed in the radial direction of the fibers. The radial inhomogeneity of the pre-oxidized fiber was mainly affected by the radial difference of the carbonyl content.

  Statistics
Cumulative Counts from November, 2022
Multiple requests among the same browser session are counted as one view. If you mouse over a chart, the values of data points will be shown.


  Cite this article

[IEEE Style]

C. Li, P. Xu, J. Tang, Y. Liu, K. Zhang, C. Li, "Radial Distribution of Functional Groups in Polyacrylonitrile Pre-oxidized Fibers," Fibers and Polymers, vol. 25, no. 11, pp. 4283-4290, 2024. DOI: 10.1007/s12221-024-00751-w.

[ACM Style]

Changqing Li, Panpan Xu, Junxin Tang, Yutao Liu, Ke Zhang, and Changqing Li. 2024. Radial Distribution of Functional Groups in Polyacrylonitrile Pre-oxidized Fibers. Fibers and Polymers, 25, 11, (2024), 4283-4290. DOI: 10.1007/s12221-024-00751-w.