CarbonPub Date : 2025-05-29DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2025.120485
Hongfeng Yu , Junru Yao , Jinlong Lv , Ruirui Zhang , Zi Wang , Xiangjia Song , Xiangfei Wei , Jintang Zhou
{"title":"Low-temperature carbonization MOF/CNF aerogel for high-performance microwave absorption and thermal camouflage","authors":"Hongfeng Yu , Junru Yao , Jinlong Lv , Ruirui Zhang , Zi Wang , Xiangjia Song , Xiangfei Wei , Jintang Zhou","doi":"10.1016/j.carbon.2025.120485","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.carbon.2025.120485","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Developing lightweight, high-performance microwave absorbing materials with multiple functions has become a major challenge in the field of electromagnetic protection. In this study, ZIF-67/cellulose nanofiber (CNF)-derived Co–C/C aerogel with an integrated design for microwave absorption and thermal camouflage functions was prepared. The hierarchical pore structure with coexisting micron-scale skeletal pores and MOF-derived nanopores was constructed through in-situ growth of ZIF-67 on CNF and low-temperature carbonization regulation. Simultaneously, uniformly distributed Co nanoparticles (20–30 nm) and defect-rich graphitized carbon heterointerfaces were obtained. The Co–C/C aerogel exhibited an ultra-low density (16.21–17.35 mg/cm<sup>3</sup>). In terms of microwave absorption, it achieved an effective absorption bandwidth of 6.87 GHz (covering the Ku band) at a thickness of 2.4 mm. This was attributed to the synergistic mechanisms of multiple scattering from hierarchical pores, enhanced interfacial polarization induced by low-temperature carbonization, and magnetic loss from Co nanoparticles. In addition, the material demonstrated a low thermal conductivity of 0.0492 W m<sup>−1</sup> K<sup>−1</sup>, and infrared imaging revealed its significant thermal signal shielding capability. This study addressed the issues of structural collapse and functional singleness in traditional MOF-derived materials through in-situ growth and low-temperature carbonization strategies, providing new insights for the design of lightweight, broadband, and multifunctional stealth materials.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":262,"journal":{"name":"Carbon","volume":"243 ","pages":"Article 120485"},"PeriodicalIF":10.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144184687","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
CarbonPub Date : 2025-05-28DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2025.120466
Nian Luo, Yusong Ma, Zhaoyang Ni, Feng Chen, Qiang Fu
{"title":"Preparation of reduced graphene oxide aerogel microspheres with excellent electromagnetic microwave absorption performance","authors":"Nian Luo, Yusong Ma, Zhaoyang Ni, Feng Chen, Qiang Fu","doi":"10.1016/j.carbon.2025.120466","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.carbon.2025.120466","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Reduced graphene oxide aerogel microspheres (RGOAMs) were prepared via a water-in-oil emulsion method, followed by freeze-drying and carbonization, and the microwave absorption performance was evaluated. Due to the porous structure and high specific surface area (288.8 m<sup>2</sup>/g), RGOAMs not only exhibit excellent impedance matching performance, but also show high conduction loss and multiple scattering loss, enabling the RGOAMs/PDMS composites to achieve outstanding microwave absorption properties at ultralow content. The RGOAMs-4 with merely 0.4 wt% loading achieves a minimum reflection loss (RL<sub>min</sub>) of −66.72 dB at a matched thickness of 4 mm, and the effective absorption bandwidth (EAB) can reach up to 7.7 GHz. Therefore, the prepared RGOAMs provide a new approach for realizing high-performance electromagnetic microwave absorption (EMA) with an ultralow content of filler.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":262,"journal":{"name":"Carbon","volume":"243 ","pages":"Article 120466"},"PeriodicalIF":10.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144184787","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
CarbonPub Date : 2025-05-27DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2025.120475
Ganesh Gadudhula, Eswaraiah Varrla
{"title":"Tiling characteristics of water-surfactant stabilized graphene nanosheets by self-assembly at liquid-air interface","authors":"Ganesh Gadudhula, Eswaraiah Varrla","doi":"10.1016/j.carbon.2025.120475","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.carbon.2025.120475","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Direct liquid phase exfoliation of pristine 3D graphite into ultra-thin graphene nanosheets has been recognized as a simple and effective method for developing solution-processed techniques to produce high-quality samples. However, transforming such dispersions into functional and continuous thin films of graphene remains challenging due to limitations of conventional coating techniques such as spray coating, spin coating, drop casting, Langmuir-Blodgett deposition and printing. These methods often result random orientation and aggregation of nanosheets leading to thicker films and requiring sophisticated processing. Although graphene possesses exceptional physical properties arising from its unique structure, its full potential has yet to be realized, largely due to the absence of efficient and cost-effective thin film preparation methods. In this work, we report a self-assembly approach at the liquid-air interface that utilizes a volatile solvent to guide the dispersed nanosheets from random motion in the liquid phase into an orderly, tiled thin-film. Capillary forces during the drying process, driven by the Marangoni effect, result in the rapid formation of a distinct monolayer at the interface within 2 min as the volatile solvent evaporates. Sub-micron graphene thin films with different aspect ratios, multilayers and controlled film thicknesses in the range of ∼65 nm to ∼1 μm are successfully prepared. These self-assembled graphene films demonstrate an electrical conductivity of ≥ 10<sup>4</sup> S/m and a negative temperature coefficient of resistance of −8 × 10<sup>−4</sup>/°C. The formation of densely packed graphene nanosheet films through the self-assembly approach opens promising opportunities for lightweight applications.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":262,"journal":{"name":"Carbon","volume":"243 ","pages":"Article 120475"},"PeriodicalIF":10.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144168171","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
CarbonPub Date : 2025-05-27DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2025.120479
Kai Nan , Yan Zhao , Boyang Wang , Sun Yin , Yulong Peng , Jing Huang , Shangqing Zhang , Tian Lei , Yan Wang , Zhi Yang
{"title":"Synergistic multiscale architecture design and heterointerface engineering enable tailored electromagnetic wave absorption and multifunctional integration","authors":"Kai Nan , Yan Zhao , Boyang Wang , Sun Yin , Yulong Peng , Jing Huang , Shangqing Zhang , Tian Lei , Yan Wang , Zhi Yang","doi":"10.1016/j.carbon.2025.120479","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.carbon.2025.120479","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The synergistic strategy of multi-scale structural design and heterogeneous interface engineering provides a feasible approach to modulate electromagnetic wave absorption (EMA) behavior and develop multi-functional integration. Herein, MOF-derived nanoarray-decorated volcanic rock-like carbon aerogel microspheres (CCAM@NiCo) have been successfully fabricated via Pickering emulsion technology combined with in situ heterogeneous epitaxial growth and annealing processes. The optimized architecture demonstrates an impressive low reflection loss (RL) of −61.7 dB at 2.2 mm thickness, achieving broadband absorption covering 7.1 GHz at an ultrathin 1.8 mm thickness. As confirmed by electromagnetic simulations, the exceptional impedance matching originates from triple structural optimizations: (i) “ensemble effects” between microspheres, (ii) surface roughness with tailored porosity, and (iii) gradient porous structures within individual microspheres. In addition to their EMA performance, the composite aerogel microspheres demonstrate an ultralow corrosion potential in simulated marine environments (3.5 wt% NaCl) and achieve rapid oil adsorption (approximately 12 times self-weight) within 0.5 s through magnetic responsiveness. This research addresses the dual limitations of conventional absorbers concerning environmental durability and functional singularity, establishing a new paradigm for developing intelligent materials that integrate electromagnetic stealth, corrosion resistance, and environmental remediation capabilities.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":262,"journal":{"name":"Carbon","volume":"243 ","pages":"Article 120479"},"PeriodicalIF":10.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144168166","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
CarbonPub Date : 2025-05-27DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2025.120468
Shi-Long Ma , Xing Guo , Ruo-Han Niu , Ai-Li Wei , Zong-Lin Yi , Wang-Gang Zhang , Li-Jing Xie , Fang-Yuan Su , Hui Jia , Yi-Ming Liu , Cheng-Meng Chen
{"title":"Targeted repairing micro-cracks of graphite foam by graphene oxide: heat dissipation and electromagnetic shielding","authors":"Shi-Long Ma , Xing Guo , Ruo-Han Niu , Ai-Li Wei , Zong-Lin Yi , Wang-Gang Zhang , Li-Jing Xie , Fang-Yuan Su , Hui Jia , Yi-Ming Liu , Cheng-Meng Chen","doi":"10.1016/j.carbon.2025.120468","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.carbon.2025.120468","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Graphite foams (GF) have received high attention in the electromagnetic protection and heat dissipation due to its excellent electrical and thermal conductivity. However, micro-cracks of GF skeleton are easily formed due to thermal stresses originated from uneven temperature distribution during carbonization, which seriously weaken its performance. In this work, a novel strategy for targeting repairing GF micro-cracks by adsorption of graphene oxide (GO) is proposed. GO with abundant oxygen functional groups is accurately adsorbed on the crack sites of GF ligaments based on hydrogen bond and capillary force. Meanwhile, GO lamellae act as a template to induced ordered arrangement of graphite crystallites to increase the graphitization degree to 98.5 % during the graphitization. This strategy is conducive to the rapid propagation of phonons, which enables the thermal conductivity of GF as high as 109 W m<sup>−1</sup> K<sup>−1</sup>. Moreover, a high electrical conductivity 5.26 × 10<sup>4</sup> S m<sup>−1</sup> of the GF is also obtained, which enhances electromagnetic shielding effectiveness reaches 100 dB in the X-band (8.2–12.4 GHz). This work provides a feasible pathway for the application of electromagnetic protection and thermal management in high-power precision electronic devices.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":262,"journal":{"name":"Carbon","volume":"243 ","pages":"Article 120468"},"PeriodicalIF":10.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144177564","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
CarbonPub Date : 2025-05-26DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2025.120474
Valentina Sierra-Jimenez , Robert J. Macias , Jonathan P. Mathews , Vincent Carré , Sébastien Leclerc , Alice Budai , Farid Chejne , Jimena Castro-Gutiérrez , Alain Celzard , Vanessa Fierro , Manuel Garcia-Perez
{"title":"Influence of acid-catalyzed dehydration and pressure on woody biomass carbonization: Exploring carbon yield, heteroatom functionalities, and biochar atomistic structure","authors":"Valentina Sierra-Jimenez , Robert J. Macias , Jonathan P. Mathews , Vincent Carré , Sébastien Leclerc , Alice Budai , Farid Chejne , Jimena Castro-Gutiérrez , Alain Celzard , Vanessa Fierro , Manuel Garcia-Perez","doi":"10.1016/j.carbon.2025.120474","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.carbon.2025.120474","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study investigates optimal carbonization conditions for biochar production, focusing on pressure and acid pretreatments to maximize carbon yield and enhance biochar functionality. Over thirty combinations of pressure and acid type were tested, including organic acids (CH<sub>3</sub>COOH and HCOOH) and inorganic acids (H<sub>3</sub>PO<sub>4</sub> and H<sub>2</sub>SO<sub>4</sub>), using hybrid poplar wood as feedstock. The results show that carbon conversion efficiencies up to 72 wt % were achieved with organic acids under pressures ≥ 20 bar. Inorganic acids produced biochar doped with phosphorus (P) and sulfur (S), demonstrating the potential for customizing biochar properties to specific applications. To understand biochar transformations at the molecular level, we employed a range of advanced characterization techniques, such as solid-state <sup>13</sup>C NMR, ICP-OES, XPS, BPCA, LDI FT-ICRMS, and ESR, as well as 3D atomistic modeling of up to 13,000 atoms. These methods revealed how pressure and acid pretreatments influence the chemical composition, porosity, and atomistic structure of the resulting biochar. The study provides valuable insights into the relationship between processing conditions and biochar properties, demonstrating that optimized carbonization processes can improve production efficiency and reduce biomass requirements. This scalable approach offers significant potential for reducing carbon emissions and makes biochar a promising material for carbon storage, soil amendment, and other environmental applications.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":262,"journal":{"name":"Carbon","volume":"242 ","pages":"Article 120474"},"PeriodicalIF":10.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144154640","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
CarbonPub Date : 2025-05-26DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2025.120476
Chaoqian Zhou , Siye Zeng , Baolin Liu , Tao Yu , Jun Qiu , Jiang Du
{"title":"Flexible HMF/HTC/PEG composite foam with photothermal conversion, energy storage, and shape memory for adaptive thermal management","authors":"Chaoqian Zhou , Siye Zeng , Baolin Liu , Tao Yu , Jun Qiu , Jiang Du","doi":"10.1016/j.carbon.2025.120476","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.carbon.2025.120476","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Phase change materials (PCMs) face critical challenges in practical applications, including leakage, low thermal conductivity, rigidity, and limited responsiveness to external stimuli. To address these issues, this study developed a flexible phase-change composite foam (HMF/HTC/PEG) integrating photothermal conversion, leakage-proof, energy storage, and light-driven shape memory capabilities. Hydrothermal carbon (HTC) particles derived from glucose were synthesized to enhance photothermal conversion, while hybrid melamine foam (HMF) with a three-dimensional porous network served as a flexible matrix. By leveraging π-π interactions between carboxyl-rich HTC particles and HMF, a robust photothermal platform was constructed. Diphenylmethane diisocyanate (MDI) cross-linking further immobilized polyethylene glycol (PEG) within the HMF/HTC framework, forming an interpenetrating network to prevent leakage. The composite exhibited a high latent heat, rapid temperature rise under light irradiation, and high shape recovery efficiency. The material demonstrated dual functionality in thermal management: absorbing excess heat in high-temperature environments and converting solar energy into stored thermal energy for controlled release in cold conditions. Its lightweight, elastic, and shape-adaptive properties enable applications in flexible electronics and energy-efficient buildings. This work proposes an innovative multifunctional PCMs framework, bridging the gap between advanced energy storage and adaptive thermal management technologies.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":262,"journal":{"name":"Carbon","volume":"243 ","pages":"Article 120476"},"PeriodicalIF":10.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144177563","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
CarbonPub Date : 2025-05-26DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2025.120473
Siqi Lu , Zhiqiang Fang , Mingxuan Lei , Shiyu Liu , Xingyi Li , Yizheng Liu , Lingyu Zhao , Zhaorui Liu , Fang Xu , Jidong Shi
{"title":"Self-healable graphene-cellulose nanofibril composite with strain/humidity responsivity for wearable respiratory monitoring","authors":"Siqi Lu , Zhiqiang Fang , Mingxuan Lei , Shiyu Liu , Xingyi Li , Yizheng Liu , Lingyu Zhao , Zhaorui Liu , Fang Xu , Jidong Shi","doi":"10.1016/j.carbon.2025.120473","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.carbon.2025.120473","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Respiratory monitoring has evolved into a critical non-invasive diagnostic tool for managing chronic respiratory pathologies. Despite the progress in the design of strain and humidity sensors for the acquisition of the respiratory patterns, the current systems suffer from significant functional redundancy in the detection of airflow dynamics and humidity oscillations during ventilation cycles, which renders a limited diagnostic specificity in respiratory monitoring. Herein, we developed a strain/humidity bimodal sensor based on a graphene-cellulose nanofibril (graphene-CNF) composite film. The sensor demonstrates superior strain sensing (GF = ∼380 within 0 %–20 % strain) and humidity sensing (0.58 RH<sup>-1</sup> within 5 %–90 % RH) performance, as well as unique moisture-triggered self-healing properties (with a healing efficiency of 47.3 % and healing time of 40 s). The multimodal functionality enables versatile applications spanning skin-attachable physiological sensing, environmental monitoring, and proximity-responsive human-machine interfaces. Specifically for respiratory monitoring, the sensor achieves concurrent acquisition of ventilatory waveforms and the hydration status of the exhaled gas, which facilitates the systemic physiological assessment. The as-developed system not only makes substantial optimization in respiratory monitoring mechanism, but also shows great potential in wearable diagnostics, environmental monitoring, and smart interactive devices.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":262,"journal":{"name":"Carbon","volume":"242 ","pages":"Article 120473"},"PeriodicalIF":10.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144139706","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
CarbonPub Date : 2025-05-26DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2025.120464
Ranran Huang , Hui Huang , Shentong Tao , Zhenyu Luo , Yujie Zhao , Linwei She , Jinjing Yang , Yingjie Lei , Qianfeng Li , Yang Liu , Zhenhui Kang , Wenli Zhang , Jian Huang
{"title":"Carbon dots - driven epigenome reprogramming reshapes DNA methylation landscapes in rice","authors":"Ranran Huang , Hui Huang , Shentong Tao , Zhenyu Luo , Yujie Zhao , Linwei She , Jinjing Yang , Yingjie Lei , Qianfeng Li , Yang Liu , Zhenhui Kang , Wenli Zhang , Jian Huang","doi":"10.1016/j.carbon.2025.120464","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.carbon.2025.120464","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>DNA methylation plays a crucial role in the regulation of gene expression, ensuring normal growth and development and enabling responses to biotic and abiotic stresses in plants. Carbon dots (CDs) can participate in the entire plant life cycle and improve yield, however, the understanding of how CDs affect plant growth remains limited. Here, we demonstrate that CDs induce subtle but significant global DNA hypermethylation in rice, particularly in CHG and CHH contexts. This hypermethylation may be driven by the upregulation of OsCMTs triggered by CDs. CDs can stabilize i-motifs—potential regulators of active genes—in the promoter regions of OsCMT1 and OsCMT2, leading to increased CHG and CHH methylation. Our findings suggest that CDs modulate global DNA methylation changes, influencing the transcription of genes associated with phenotypic alterations in plants.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":262,"journal":{"name":"Carbon","volume":"242 ","pages":"Article 120464"},"PeriodicalIF":10.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144139704","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
CarbonPub Date : 2025-05-26DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2025.120477
Yanhui Zhang , Jie Yang , Xiaoyu Zhang , Rui Xu , Minsu Liu , Aoran Fan , Yingjun Liu , Jianli Wang , Xing Zhang
{"title":"Investigation of anisotropic thermophysical properties of highly oriented carbon fiber composites: From one to three dimensions","authors":"Yanhui Zhang , Jie Yang , Xiaoyu Zhang , Rui Xu , Minsu Liu , Aoran Fan , Yingjun Liu , Jianli Wang , Xing Zhang","doi":"10.1016/j.carbon.2025.120477","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.carbon.2025.120477","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Highly oriented carbon fiber composites exhibit three-dimensional anisotropic thermophysical properties, making them candidates for thermal management applications. In this study, the thermal properties of highly oriented carbon fiber/epoxy resin (CF/ER) composites and their components were systematically investigated. The T-type probe method was employed to measure the pitch CF, while the 2ω method and the laser-spot-periodic-heating method were combined to characterize the E51-ER film and the composites. The impact of local fiber bending on heat transfer in the composites was also analyzed through finite element simulations. The results show that these composites exhibit high thermal conductivity along the fiber orientation with an anisotropy ratio of about 294. At different temperatures, the thermal conductivity along the fiber orientation is lower than the value predicted by the parallel model, while the conductivity in the other two directions is significantly higher than that predicted by the series model. Simulation results suggest that the bending of certain pitch CF can be a key factor contributing to this discrepancy.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":262,"journal":{"name":"Carbon","volume":"243 ","pages":"Article 120477"},"PeriodicalIF":10.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144184688","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}