FABRICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF NOVEL Fe-Ni ALLOY COATED CARBON FIBERS FOR HIGH-PERFORMANCE SHIELDING MATERIALS

摘要

Novel Fe-Ni alloy coated carbon fibers (Fe-Ni-CFs) were prepared via two-step electrodeposition with an initial synthesis of Fe coatings on the activated carbon fibers and followed by the co-deposition of Fe and Ni. The effect of annealing treatment on structure and properties of Fe-Ni-CFs was studied through SEM, TEM, XRD and VSM. The results indicated that the Fe-Ni alloy coatings with the thickness of only 0.25um are highly wrapped on the surface of carbon fibers. The un-annealed coatings showed high saturation magnetization values with 52 dB from 300-1200 MHz, which mainly due to Fe content (18.4 wt.%) of the coatings meets the requirements of high magnetic perm-alloy. The surface quality, crystallinity and conductivity of the Fe-Ni-CFs were obviously improved despite of the reduction of the saturation magnetization resulted from the bigger grains after annealing. Based on the above aspects, annealing at 400 degrees C was preferred for the Fe-Ni-CFs to obtain good comprehensive performance. Importantly, the Fe-Ni-CFs filed ABS resin composites showed better Electromagnetic Interference shielding effectiveness than the CFs reinforced ABS composites.