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Preparation and Characterization of Nickel-Coated Carbon Fibers by Electroplating

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Electroplating technique was applied to coat carbon fibers with nickel. Before plating, the initial fibers were pretreated to improve the wettability in bath. The electroplating parameters were optimized to obtain high-quality nickel-coated carbon fibers, and the effects on plating were studied. The coated carbon fibers were characterized by SEM, XRD, and XPS. The coatings are uniform, smooth, bright, and adherent to carbon fibers not only along length but also along the diameter of the filaments, and mainly composed of pure nickel. Metal-carbon-oxygen bonds are present at the interface between nickel coatings and fibers, which provides the interfacial binding force. The results of performance tests showed that the nickel-coated fibers possess a good bonding strength not less than 78.5 kPa, and exhibit excellent oxidation resistance at high temperature. Compared with the initial fibers, the wettability with aluminum is also improved obviously.

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The study is financially supported by National Natural Science Foundation Key Project of China (No. 50834001) and National High Technology Research and Development Program 863 (No. 2009AA03Z502). The authors are very grateful to Instrument Analysis Center of Northeastern University, for the help of analysis and test.

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    Zhongsheng Hua, Yihan Liu, Guangchun Yao, Lei Wang, Jia Ma & Lisi Liang

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Hua, Z., Liu, Y., Yao, G. et al. Preparation and Characterization of Nickel-Coated Carbon Fibers by Electroplating. J. of Materi Eng and Perform 21, 324–330 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11665-011-9958-4

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