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NREL plant-based epoxy enables recyclable carbon fiber; more cost-effective, lower GHG footprint

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 30, 2022

Researchers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have shown that making carbon fiber composites with bio-based epoxies and an anhydride hardener makes the material fully recyclable by introducing linkages that are more easily degraded. —Nicholas Rorrer. We are not downcycling the material at all. —Nicholas Rorrer.

Carbon Fiber

Carbon Fiber Carbon Low Cost Wind

3D printing with high-performance carbon fiber

Green Car Congress

MARCH 1, 2017

Carbon fiber composites are typically fabricated one of two ways—by physically winding the filaments around a mandrel, or weaving the fibers together like a wicker basket, resulting in finished products that are limited to either flat or cylindrical shapes, said Jim Lewicki, principal investigator and the paper’s lead author.

Carbon Fiber

Carbon Fiber Carbon Polymer Parts

NREL plant-based epoxy enables recyclable carbon fiber; more cost-effective, lower GHG footprint

3D printing with high-performance carbon fiber

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