Sustainable Fiber‐Reinforced Composites: A Review

Advanced Sustainable Systems, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 6(11)

Published: Sept. 19, 2022

Abstract Sustainable fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) composites from renewable and biodegradable fibrous materials matrices are of great interest, as they can potentially reduce environmental impacts. However, the overall properties such still far high‐performance conventional glass or carbon FRP composites. Therefore, a balance between composite performance biodegradability is required with approaches to what one might call an eco‐friendly composite. This review provides overview sustainable composites, their manufacturing techniques, sustainability in general at materials, manufacturing, end‐of‐life levels. plant‐based natural fibers also summarized, followed by modification techniques obtain high‐performance, multifunctional, Current state‐of‐the‐art mechanical functional then surveyed, potential applications various industries, including automobile, aerospace, construction, medical, sports, electronics provided. Finally, future market trends, current challenges, perspective on discussed.

Language: Английский

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Carbon‐Based Radar Absorbing Materials toward Stealth Technologies

Advanced Science, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 10(32)

Published: Sept. 21, 2023

Abstract Stealth technology is used to enhance the survival of military equipment in field surveillance, as it utilizes a combination techniques render itself undetectable by enemy radar systems. Radar absorbing materials (RAMs) are specialized reduce reflection (or absorption) signals provide stealth capability, which core component passive countermeasures applications. The properties RAMs can be optimized adjusting their composition, microstructure, and surface geometry. Carbon‐based present promising approach for fabrication ultrathin, versatile, high‐performance due large specific area, lightweight, excellent dielectric properties, high electrical conductivity, stability under harsh conditions. This review begins with brief history an introduction electromagnetic waves, systems, materials. followed discussion recent research progress carbon‐based RAMs, including carbon blacks, fibers, nanotubes, graphite, graphene, MXene, along in‐depth examination principles strategies on attenuation characteristics. Hope this will offer fresh perspectives design thereby fostering deeper fundamental understanding promoting practical

Language: Английский

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Recent Advances in Carbon‐Based Electrodes for Energy Storage and Conversion

Advanced Science, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 10(18)

Published: April 25, 2023

Carbon-based nanomaterials, including graphene, fullerenes, and carbon nanotubes, are attracting significant attention as promising materials for next-generation energy storage conversion applications. They possess unique physicochemical properties, such structural stability flexibility, high porosity, tunable features, which render them well suited in these hot research fields. Technological advances at atomic electronic levels crucial developing more efficient durable devices. This comprehensive review provides a state-of-the-art overview of advanced carbon-based nanomaterials various applications, focusing on supercapacitors, lithium sodium-ion batteries, hydrogen evolution reactions. Particular emphasis is placed the strategies employed to enhance performance through nonmetallic elemental doping N, B, S, P either individual or codoping, modifications creation defect sites, edge functionalization, inter-layer distance manipulation, aiming provide general guidelines designing devices by above approaches achieve optimal performance. Furthermore, this delves into challenges future prospects advancement electrodes conversion.

Language: Английский

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Self‐Sensing Cementitious Composites with Hierarchical Carbon Fiber‐Carbon Nanotube Composite Fillers for Crack Development Monitoring of a Maglev Girder

Small, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 19(9)

Published: Dec. 20, 2022

In view of high-performance, multifunctional, and low-carbon development infrastructures, there is a growing demand for smart engineering materials, making infrastructures intelligent. This paper reports new-generation self-sensing cementitious composite (SSCC) incorporated with hierarchically structured carbon fiber (CF)-carbon nanotube (CNT) filler (CF-CNT), which in situ synthesized by directly CNT on CF. Various important factors including catalyst, temperature, gas composition are considered to investigate their kinetic thermodynamic influence CF-CNT synthesis. The reciprocal architecture not only alleviates the aggregation, but also significantly improves interfacial bonding between matrix. Due synergic spatially morphological effects CF-CNT, that is, formation widely distributed multiscale reinforcement networks, SSCCs CF-CNTs exhibit high mechanical properties electrical conductivity as well excellent performances, particularly enhanced sensing repeatability. Moreover, integrated into full-scale maglev girder devise system crack monitoring. demonstrates sensitivity fidelity capture initiation cracks/damage, progressive sudden damage events until complete failure girder, indicating its considerable potential structural health monitoring infrastructures.

Language: Английский

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Toward Sustainable Wearable Electronic Textiles

ACS Nano, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 16(12), P. 19755 - 19788

Published: Nov. 30, 2022

Smart wearable electronic textiles (e-textiles) that can detect and differentiate multiple stimuli, while also collecting storing the diverse array of data signals using highly innovative, multifunctional, intelligent garments, are great value for personalized healthcare applications. However, material performance sustainability, complicated difficult e-textile fabrication methods, their limited end-of-life processability major challenges to wide adoption e-textiles. In this review, we explore potential sustainable materials, manufacturing techniques, end-of-the-life processes developing eco-friendly addition, survey current state-of-the-art fibers materials (i.e., conductors, semiconductors, dielectrics) serve as different components in e-textiles then provide an overview environmentally friendly digital techniques such which involve less or no water utilization, combined with a reduction both waste energy consumption. Furthermore, standardized parameters evaluating sustainability established, life cycle analysis, biodegradability, recyclability. Finally, discuss development trends, well future research directions include integrated product design approach based on use processes, effective strategy manufacture next generation smart be either recycled value-added products decomposed landfill without any negative environmental impacts.

Language: Английский

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Smart Electronic Textile‐Based Wearable Supercapacitors

Advanced Science, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 9(31)

Published: Oct. 3, 2022

Abstract Electronic textiles (e‐textiles) have drawn significant attention from the scientific and engineering community as lightweight comfortable next‐generation wearable devices due to their ability interface with human body, continuously monitor, collect, communicate various physiological parameters. However, one of major challenges for commercialization further growth e‐textiles is lack compatible power supply units. Thin flexible supercapacitors (SCs), among energy storage systems, are gaining consideration salient features including excellent lifetime, lightweight, high‐power density. Textile‐based SCs thus an exciting solution smart gadgets integrated into clothing. Here, materials, fabrications, characterization strategies textile‐based reviewed. The recent progress then summarized in terms electrochemical performances, followed by discussion on key parameters electronics applications, washability, flexibility, scalability. Finally, perspectives research technological prospects facilitate essential step towards moving laboratory‐based industrial‐scale mass production presented.

Language: Английский

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Absorption-dominated electromagnetic interference shielding composite foam based on porous and bi-conductive network structures

Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 11(20), P. 10857 - 10866

Published: Jan. 1, 2023

A porous Ni@MF/CNT/TSM/PDMS composite foam with a bi-conductive network structure was fabricated, which possesses absorption-dominated and excellent EMI shielding properties due to the impedance matching diversiform dissipation mechanisms.

Language: Английский

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Strengthening the interphase of thermoplastic sandwich composites by interleaving carbon nanotube yarns

Materials Today Communications, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 36, P. 106655 - 106655

Published: July 13, 2023

Language: Английский

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Applications of Graphene in Five Senses, Nervous System, and Artificial Muscles

ACS Sensors, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 8(2), P. 482 - 514

Published: Jan. 19, 2023

Graphene remains of great interest in biomedical applications because biocompatibility. Diseases relating to human senses interfere with life satisfaction and happiness. Therefore, the restoration by artificial organs or sensory devices may bring a bright future recovery patients. In this review, we update most recent progress graphene based sensors for mimicking such as retina image sensors, eardrums, gas chemical tactile sensors. The brain-like processors are discussed on conventional transistors well memristor related neuromorphic computing. brain–machine interface is introduced providing single pathway. Besides, muscles summarized means actuators order react physical world. Future opportunities remain elevating performances human-like their clinical applications.

Language: Английский

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Scalable Production of 2D Material Heterostructure Textiles for High-Performance Wearable Supercapacitors

ACS Nano, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 17(18), P. 18481 - 18493

Published: Sept. 11, 2023

Wearable electronic textiles (e-textiles) have emerged as a promising platform for seamless integration of devices into everyday life, enabling nonintrusive monitoring human health. However, the development efficient, flexible, and scalable energy storage solutions remains significant challenge powering such devices. Here, we address this by leveraging distinct properties two-dimensional (2D) material based heterostructures to enhance performance wearable textile supercapacitors. We report highly controllable synthesis method graphene molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) through microfluidization technique. Subsequently, employ an ultrafast industry-scale hierarchical deposition approach using pad-dry fabricate 2D heterostructure with various configurations suitable e-textiles applications. Comparative analyses reveal superior supercapacitors on heterostructures, demonstrating excellent areal capacitance (∼105.08 mF cm-2), high power density (∼1604.274 μW cm-2) (∼58.377 μWh outstanding capacitive retention (∼100% after 1000 cycles). Our findings highlight pivotal role in addressing challenges scalability devices, facilitating large-scale production high-performance

Language: Английский

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