Thermal and rheological characteristics of biobased carbon fiber precursor derived from low molecular weight organosolv lignin

ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 758-769

  Oroumei, Azam ^a   Fox, Bronwyn ^a   Naebe, Minoo ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biopolymer; Carbon fiber; Electrospinning; Kinetics; Lignin; Synergistic effect

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; BIOPOLYMERS; CARBON FIBERS; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ENZYME KINETICS; LIGNIN; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MORPHOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

DECOMPOSITION TEMPERATURE; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROSPUN COMPOSITE FIBERS; MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTIC; POLYACRYLONITRILE (PAN); RHEOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY IMAGE; SYNERGISTIC EFFECT;

ELECTROSPINNING;

EID: 84926443115     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21680485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.5b00097     Document Type: Article

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