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Printing with 3D Continuous Carbon Fiber Multifunctional Composites Via UV-Assisted Coextrusion Deposition
Manufacturing Letters
  • Aditya Thakur
  • Xiangyang Dong, Missouri University of Science and Technology
Abstract

This study proposes to print multifunctional composite materials with 3D continuous carbon fibers. Coextrusion was implemented to deposit continuous carbon fibers simultaneously with doped functional photopolymer resin, subsequently rapidly cured by an ultraviolet laser. The technique allowed for direct printing of free-standing compliant carbon fiber reinforced composite structures and composites with conductive channeling. In particular, a novel functional, full lithium-ion structural battery was successfully printed in one single step with each coated carbon fiber acting as a micro-battery cell. The characterized mechanical and electrochemical performance well demonstrated the potentials of the proposed method in direct printing multifunctional structural composites.

Department(s)
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Research Center/Lab(s)
Intelligent Systems Center
Keywords and Phrases
  • Additive manufacturing,
  • Coextrusion,
  • Continuous carbon fiber,
  • Multifunctional composites,
  • Structural battery
Document Type
Article - Journal
Document Version
Citation
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2020 Elsevier, All rights reserved.
Publication Date
4-1-2020
Publication Date
01 Apr 2020
Disciplines
Citation Information
Aditya Thakur and Xiangyang Dong. "Printing with 3D Continuous Carbon Fiber Multifunctional Composites Via UV-Assisted Coextrusion Deposition" Manufacturing Letters Vol. 24 (2020) p. 1 - 5 ISSN: 2213-8463
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/xiangyang-dong/17/