Highlights

This is a selection of publications from the Structural Power Composites Group. For a full list of publications, please see below.

Highlights

Structural power phone

Massless energy

‘Massless’ energy for future electric vehicles using multifunctional structural power composites
Structural supercapacitor citation map

Structural supercapacitors review

A critical review of structural supercapacitors and outlook on future research challenges
Structural power plane

Structural power in electric aircraft

Structural Power Performance Targets for Future Electric Aircraft
Recent progress in free-standing supercapacitors

Free-standing supercapacitors

Challenges and opportunities in free-standing supercapacitors research
CNT-infiltrated CF

CF-CNT structural supercapacitors

Robust Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube-Infiltrated Carbon Fiber Electrodes for Structural Supercapacitors

Model Car

Multifunctional performance

Mechanical, electrochemical and multifunctional performance of a CFRP/carbon aerogel structural supercapacitor
Student operates flight simulator in the Department of Aeronautics

Structural power in aircraft cabins

Conceptual Multifunctional Design, Feasibility and Requirements for Structural Power in Aircraft Cabins

Citation

BibTex format

@inproceedings{Almousa:2023:10.5075/epfl-298799_978-2-9701614-0-0,
author = {Almousa, H and De, Luca H and Anthony, D and Greenhalgh, E and Bismarck, A and Shaffer, M},
doi = {10.5075/epfl-298799_978-2-9701614-0-0},
pages = {1451--1456},
publisher = {Composite Construction Laboratory (CCLab)},
title = {Robust continuous production of carbon nanotube-grafted structural fibres: a route to hierarchical fibre reinforced composites},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.5075/epfl-298799_978-2-9701614-0-0},
year = {2023}
}
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TY  - CPAPER
AB  - Growth of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) onto the fibre surface by direct chemical vapour deposition (CVD) offers a convenient means to integrate synthesis with assembly. This method delivers the nanostructures where they have the greatest influence on fibre-matrix interface or interphase. However, CVD is usually limited to small batches of short fibre lengths, and can damage the primary properties. Here, we describe a robust process to produce carbon nanotube-grafted-fibres continuously at tow level with a uniform coverage of short (sub-500 nm length), 10-20 nm diameter CNTs. Different CNT growth conditions, such as temperature [650-950 °C], duration [0.72-50 min], line speed [0.6-10 m/h], potential difference [0-1000 V], and reactive gas flow/compositions were investigated. Following optimisation, the fabrication of an entirely “fuzzy” fibre reinforced hierarchical composite was achieved.
AU  - Almousa,H
AU  - De,Luca H
AU  - Anthony,D
AU  - Greenhalgh,E
AU  - Bismarck,A
AU  - Shaffer,M
DO  - 10.5075/epfl-298799_978-2-9701614-0-0
EP  - 1456
PB  - Composite Construction Laboratory (CCLab)
PY  - 2023///
SP  - 1451
TI  - Robust continuous production of carbon nanotube-grafted structural fibres: a route to hierarchical fibre reinforced composites
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.5075/epfl-298799_978-2-9701614-0-0
UR  - https://infoscience.epfl.ch/record/298799?ln=en
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/102216
ER  -
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Contact

Professor Emile S Greenhalgh
Department of Aeronautics
Imperial College London
South Kensington Campus
London SW7 2AZ

+44 (0)7958 210 089
e.greenhalgh@imperial.ac.uk