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ArticlePolymers2023

Enhancing Sustainability: Jute Fiber-Reinforced Bio-Based Sandwich Composites for Use in Battery Boxes.

Mina Arya, Else-Marie Malmek, Thomas Koch Ecoist, Jocke Pettersson, Mikael Skrifvars, Pooria Khalili

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Article in Polymers, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
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4 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Mina AryaFaculty of Textiles, Engineering and Business (Swedish Centre for Resource Recovery), University of Borås, 510 90 Borås, Sweden.
Else-Marie MalmekJuteborg AB, 426 79 Västra Frölunda, Sweden.
Thomas Koch EcoistEcoist AB, 262 72 Ängelholm, Sweden.
Jocke PetterssonRISE Research Institutes of Sweden, 431 53 Mölndal, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0003-4425-5470
Mikael SkrifvarsFaculty of Textiles, Engineering and Business (Swedish Centre for Resource Recovery), University of Borås, 510 90 Borås, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0002-6596-8069
Pooria KhaliliFaculty of Textiles, Engineering and Business (Swedish Centre for Resource Recovery), University of Borås, 510 90 Borås, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0001-8118-9316
University of Borås · SEJuteborg (Sweden) · SERISE Research Institutes of Sweden · SE

Funding

Knowledge Foundation 20200142VINNOVA 202202738
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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.

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bio-based sandwich compositescomposite laminatejute fibermechanical behaviorplasma treatment

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PMID37765703
PMCPMC10534560
OpenAlexW4386912911

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