Evaluation of mechanical behaviour of graphene oxide grafted CFRP composites: a comparison of anodic and cathodic EPD

In this work, graphene oxide (GO) was grafted on carbon fibre (CF) surface using anodic and cathodic electrophoretic deposition (EPD). Twelve-layer carbon fibre–reinforced polymer (CFRP) composite laminates were fabricated using the modified CFs. Morphology study of modified CFs revealed that cathodic EPD has resulted in dense and uniform deposition of nanofiller. Flexural and Short Beam Shear (SBS) tests were conducted to evaluate their...