Optical and Mechanical Properties of Ramie Fiber/Epoxy Resin Transparent Composites

The residual resources of ramie fiber-based textile products were used as raw materials.Ramie fiber felt(RF)was modified by NaClO_(2) aqueous solution and then impregnated with water-based epoxy resin(WER).RF/WER transparent composite materials were prepared by lamination hot pressing process.The composite materials’color difference,transmittance,haze,density,water absorption,and mechanical properties were determined to assess the effects of NaClO_(2) treatment and the number of ramie fiber layers on the properties of the prepared composites.The results showed significantly improved optical and mechanical properties of the RF/WER transparent composites after NaClO_(2) treatment.With the increase of ramie fiber layers,the composites’whiteness,transmittance,and water absorption decreased while the haze increased.For material with three layers,the optical transmittance in the visible light region was 82%,and the haze was 96%,indicating the material has both high transmittance and high haze characteristics.The tensile strength increases with the increase of the number of layers,and the tensile strength of the composite with six layers is 243 MPa.This study broadens the scope of application of ramie fiber as a new option for home decoration materials.

Long-term stable silver nanowire transparent composite as bottom electrode for perovskite solar cells

As the most promising alternative to traditional indium tin oxide （ITO）, silver nanowire （AgNW） composite transparent electrodes with improved stabilities compared with that of the pristine AgNWs networks have been demonstrated in various devices. However, a stable AgNW/polymer composite as the bottom electrode for perovskite solar cells has not yet been reported. Here, a long-term stable, smooth AgNW composite with an antioxidant-modified chitosan polymer was developed. The modified polymer can effectively protect pristine AgNWs from side reactions with perovskite, whereas it does not block the carrier drift through the interface of the insulating polymer. The as-prepared AgNW/polymer composite electrode exhibited a root mean square roughness below 10 nm at a scan size of 50 μm × 50 μm, and its original sheet resistance did not change obviously after aging at 85 ℃ for 40 days in air. As a result, the perovskite solar cell employing the composite as the bottom electrode yielded a power conversion efficiency of 7.9%, which corresponds to nearly 75% of that of the reference device with an ITO electrode.

CURE OF PREPOLYMER BASED ON METHYL METHACRYLATE/STYRENE AND OPTICAL PROPERTY AND HYDROTHRMAL STABILITY OF TRANSPARENT FIBRE—REINFORCED THERMOPLASTIC COPOLYMER COMPOSITES

: Copolymers used for transparent fibre glass-reinforced thermoplastic composite -were prepared from methyl methacrylate (.MMA) and styrene (St). Composites containing 20~25 ivt% glass fibre and 0. 7 mm in thickness had an overall optical transmission of 88 ~90%. The gel time and cure time of the prepolymers from MM A and St decreased markedly ivith addition of tiie two linear unsaturated polyesters (.LUPE) and curing process of composite laminate became controlling easily-The effect of the concentration of LUPE on thermal stability of copolymers 晅he optical properties and the hydrothermal sta-bility of composites was investigated by comparing with those of trans-parent unsaturated composites .