Structural and Morphological Features of Carbon—Silicon-Carbide Fibers Based on Cellulose and Triethoxyvinylsilane

Abstract

Carbon—silicon-carbide fibers were produced from cellulose and triethoxyvinylsilane and spun using the solid-phase NMMO-process. Scanning and transmission electron microscopy studies, energydispersive x-ray spectrometry, and x-ray structure analysis of composite carbon fibers established and identified the structure and morphology of carbon fibers that varied from an isotropic shell to regularly organized lamellae of graphite-like layers of the fiber core. Distributions of chemical elements were plotted. The nano-sized dimensions of silicon-carbide regions in the carbon fibers were determined.