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Rapid Curing of Liquid Polycarbosilane and Its Conversion into Protective Coating

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High ceramic yield, fast curing rate and high purity are essential for ceramic precursors. In this study, a SiC ceramic precursor-polycarbosilane containing both allyl group and acrylate group was synthesized. According to the 1H-NMR analysis, the molar ratio of allyl group to acrylate group was 10:1. The polycarbosilane can be cured under UV light for only 1 s and photolithography pattern with clear boundary could be formed. After pyrolysis to 1000 °C, the ceramic yield was up to 78 wt% and the pattern could be retained without cracks and deformation. The ceramic product was composed of 63.28 wt% Si, 33.37 wt% C and 3.35 wt% O, and the chemical formula was determined as SiC1.23O0.09. As a SiC ceramic precursor, the polycarbosilane was used to prepare SiC-based protective coating on carbon fiber. The obtained SiC coating was dense with a thickness of about 150 nm, significantly improving oxidation resistance of the carbon fiber.

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This work was supported by Key R & D Projects of Zhejiang Province (Grant No. 2022C01236), Advanced Energy Science and Technology Guangdong Laboratory (Grant No. HND20TDTHGC00), Ningbo Municipal Bureau of Science and Technology (Project 2020F043) and Ningbo "3315 Plan" Innovation Team Project (Grant No. 2018A-03-A).

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This work was supported by Key R & D Projects of Zhejiang Province (Grant No. 2022C01236), Advanced Energy Science and Technology Guangdong Laboratory (Grant No. HND20TDTHGC00), Ningbo Municipal Bureau of Science and Technology (Project 2020F043) and Ningbo "3315 Plan" Innovation Team Project (Grant No. 2018A-03-A).

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  1. Engineering Laboratory of Advanced Energy Materials, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo, Zhejiang, 315201, People’s Republic of China

    Jian Gong, Yuanjie Wang, Xueliang Pei, Jing Huang, Zhengren Huang & Qing Huang

  2. College of Material Science and Chemical Engineering, Ningbo University, Ningbo, Zhejiang, 315211, People’s Republic of China

    Jian Gong & Mingjiong Zhou

  3. Advanced Energy Science and Technology Guangdong Laboratory, Huizhou, Guangdong, 516003, People’s Republic of China

    Xueliang Pei, Jing Huang, Zhengren Huang & Qing Huang

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Jian Gong: Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft. Yuanjie Wang: Conceptualization, Methodology. Mingjiong Zhou: Formal analysis, Supervision. Xueliang Pei: Conceptualization, Methodology, Resources, Validation, Writing – review & editing, Supervision. Jing Huang: Resources, Formal analysis, Supervision. Zhengren Huang: Resources, Formal analysis, Supervision. Qing Huang: Resources, Formal analysis, Supervision.

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Gong, J., Wang, Y., Zhou, M. et al. Rapid Curing of Liquid Polycarbosilane and Its Conversion into Protective Coating. Silicon 15, 5803–5810 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12633-023-02481-9

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