Natural carbon fibres—An overview

Abstract

The purpose of this review is to introduce the properties of carbon fibre, describe its application and present an ecological way of obtaining this product. This paper describes the formation of carbon fibres from various precursors. Currently, the most widely used pre-cursor is polyacrylonitrile. This is due to the fact that the obtained fibre has very good strength parameters. In opposition to the non-organic source, a renewable material is presented, which is lignin. This review highlights the advantages of using this ecological precursor and presents the general properties of the obtained carbon fibre.