Carbon fibers from renewable materials

Whether vehicle components, aircraft or textile concrete, plastics and materials which are reinforced by carbon fiber are lightweight and tear-proof, which makes them very much in demand. Their disadvantage is that they are expensive and energy-intensive to manufacture. A new manufacturing technique however is set to change that. This is based on the doctoral thesis by Dr. Manuel Clauss entitled "Structural investigations into lignin-based carbon fibers" submitted to the Chair of Macromolecular Materials and Fiber Chemistry held by Prof. Michael Buchmeiser at the University of Stuttgart, in cooperation with the German Institute of Textile Chemistry and Fiber Research (DITF) in Denkendorf. Dr. ...