Physics World  September 7, 2018
Carbon fibres’ microstructural designs have been generated to realise a targeted mechanical property. An international team of researchers (Italy, Sweden, France) compared the microstructure and electrochemical performance for two types of commercial carbon fibre, middling mechanical properties and the hardest hitters in terms of structural strength. They found that the intermediate strength carbon fibres were much less organised but still had such high mechanical properties that even smaller crystals might still get good mechanical properties. According to the researchers exploiting the electrochemical properties of carbon fibres could drop device masses by as much as 50%… read more. Open Access TECHNICAL ARTICLEÂ
Schematic illustration of the pouch cell mounted in the microtester. Credit: 2018 IOP Publishing Ltd. Multifunctional Materials, Volume 1, Number 1