Enhancing Sustainability: Jute Fiber-Reinforced Bio-Based Sandwich Composites for Use in Battery BoxesShow others and affiliations
2023 (English)In: Polymers, E-ISSN 2073-4360, Vol. 15, no 18, article id 3842
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Sustainable development
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Abstract [en]
The rising industrial demand for environmentally friendly and sustainable materials has shifted the attention from synthetic to natural fibers. Natural fibers provide advantages like affordability, lightweight nature, and renewability. Jute fibers’ substantial production potential and cost-efficiency have propelled current research in this field. In this study, the mechanical behavior (tensile, flexural, and interlaminar shear properties) of plasma-treated jute composite laminates and the flexural behavior of jute fabric-reinforced sandwich composites were investigated. Non-woven mat fiber (MFC), jute fiber (JFC), dried jute fiber (DJFC), and plasma-treated jute fiber (TJFC) composite laminates, as well as sandwich composites consisting of jute fabric bio-based unsaturated polyester (UPE) composite as facing material and polyethylene terephthalate (PET70 and PET100) and polyvinyl chloride (PVC) as core materials were fabricated to compare their functional properties. Plasma treatment of jute composite laminate had a positive effect on some of the mechanical properties, which led to an improvement in Young’s modulus (7.17 GPa) and tensile strength (53.61 MPa) of 14% and 8.5%, respectively, as well as, in flexural strength (93.71 MPa) and flexural modulus (5.20 GPa) of 24% and 35%, respectively, compared to those of JFC. In addition, the results demonstrated that the flexural properties of jute sandwich composites can be significantly enhanced by incorporating PET100 foams as core materials.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2023. Vol. 15, no 18, article id 3842
Keywords [en]
bio-based sandwich composites, composite laminate, jute fiber, mechanical behavior, plasma treatment
National Category
Composite Science and Engineering Bio Materials
Research subject
Resource Recovery
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-30675DOI: 10.3390/polym15183842ISI: 001075851500001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85172909059OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hb-30675DiVA, id: diva2:1806541
2023-10-232023-10-232025-09-24Bibliographically approved