Construction of Hierarchical Natural Fabric Surface Structure Based on Two-Dimensional Boron Nitride Nanosheets and Its Application for Preparing Biobased Toughened Unsaturated Polyester Resin Composites
- 26 October 2018
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Chemical Society (ACS) in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
- Vol. 10 (46), 40168-40179
- https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.8b15355
Abstract
It has been a big challenge to prepare the unsaturated polyester resin (UPR) composites with good fire safety, interfacial quality and impact strength in an environmentally friendly way. In this study, to improve interfacial performance of fabric-reinforced UPR composites, the nontoxic two-dimensional (2D) hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) nanosheets were assembled on the surface of ramie fabrics, where sodium alginate (SA) acts as a green dispersant to disperse h-BN sheets during the process. Then, the bio-based phosphorus-containing toughening agent (PCTA) was synthesized to simultaneously improve the impact strength and fire safety of the composite. With application of h-BN nanosheets-assembled fabric and 20 wt% of PCTA, the AF (assembled fabrics)/UPR@PCTA20 composite presented the maximum 41.2% decrease in the value of peak heat release rate and a maximum 17.8% decrease in the value of total heat release, which also reached V-0 rating in vertical burning test. Meanwhile, the AF/UPR@PCTA20 composite showed an obvious increase in limiting oxygen index, from 24.0% to 29.5% compared with RF/UPR. The flame retardant mechanism was investigated from gas phase and condensed phase. Furthermore, compared to neat RF/UPR composite, the AF/UPR@PCTA20 composite showed a significant 68.8% improvement in impact strength, implying an extreme toughening effect of PCTA on UPR composites. The research provides a viable green method for development of environmentally friendly UPR composites in the future.Keywords
Funding Information
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (51473154, 51603200)
- the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (WK2320000035)
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