Phosphoric acid derived efficient reclaimation of carbon fibre for re-manufacturing high performance epoxy composites reinforced by highly-aligned mat with optimized layup

This study presented an economic and closed-loop recycling approach of carbon fibre reinforced polymers (CFRP) comprising phosphoric acid derived efficient reclaimation of recycled CF (rCF) and re-manufacture of high performance epoxy (EP) composites reinforced by highly-aligned rCF mat. The integral rCF with clean surface and intact graphitization structure showed the high retention ratios of 97.1 and 99.5% in tensile strength and modulus,...