Characterization of the adhesive properties between structural battery electrolytes and carbon fibers
Journal article, 2020

Structural batteries can simultaneously store electrical energy and carry mechanical load, being similar to both laminated carbon fiber composites and lithium ion batteries. The matrix in a structural battery must both conduct ions and transfer load between the fibers, made possible with a phase-separated combination of a solid polymer and a liquid electrolyte. This leads to a trade-off between the polymer contact creating adhesion and liquid contact creating ionic conductivity. Here we investigate the fiber-matrix adhesion between carbon fibres with different sizing and two different matrix systems, using microbond testing supported by transverse tensile tests. The results show that the mechanical adhesion of the fiber-matrix interface is lower than that of a commercial non-ion conducting polymer matrix but sufficient for structural battery applications.

carbon fibres

fibre/matrix bond

interfacial strength

scanning electron microscopy (SEM)

functional composites

Author

Johanna Xu

Chalmers, Industrial and Materials Science, Material and Computational Mechanics

Luleå University of Technology

Wilhelm Johannisson

Royal Institute of Technology (KTH)

Marcus Johansen

Chalmers, Industrial and Materials Science, Materials and manufacture

Fang Liu

Chalmers, Industrial and Materials Science, Materials and manufacture

Dan Zenkert

Royal Institute of Technology (KTH)

Göran Lindbergh

Royal Institute of Technology (KTH)

Leif Asp

Chalmers, Industrial and Materials Science, Material and Computational Mechanics

Composites Science and Technology

0266-3538 (ISSN)

Vol. 188 107962

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European Commission (EC) (EC/H2020/738085), 2017-02-01 -- 2020-02-28.

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US Air Force Office of Strategic Research (AFOSR) (FA9550-17-1-0338), 2017-09-30 -- 2020-09-29.

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Sustainable development

Innovation and entrepreneurship

Areas of Advance

Transport

Energy

Materials Science

Subject Categories

Polymer Technologies

Vehicle Engineering

Infrastructure

Chalmers Materials Analysis Laboratory

DOI

10.1016/j.compscitech.2019.107962

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