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Hydrogen-Bond-Regulated PAN/PTFBZ Nanofibrous Composite Barriers for Flame-Resistant Thermal Runaway Protection.

Created on 10 Nov 2026

Authors

Xiaoliang Li, Huifeng Li, Sifan Sun, Ziyi Xuan, Qiang Dong, Yijia He, Ming Fu, Zhan Wang

Published in

ACS applied materials & interfaces. Nov 10, 2026. Epub Nov 10, 2026.

Abstract

Electrospun polymer barriers are attractive for lightweight thermal protection in compact lithium-ion battery (LIB) devices, but their limited flame resistance and structural stability under thermal abuse restrict their practical use. Herein, a hydrogen-bond-regulated nanofibrous composite barrier was developed by incorporating trifluoromethyl-modified benzoxazine (TFBZ)-derived components into a polyacrylonitrile (PAN) matrix. The benzoxazine-derived phenolic hydroxyl groups could interact with the nitrile groups of PAN through O-H···N≡C hydrogen bonding, contributing to improved interfacial compatibility and fibrous-network stabilization while retaining the processability of PAN. Thermogravimetric analysis showed that PAN/PTFBZ retained 96.1% of its mass at 300 °C, compared with 75.8% for pure PAN. Cone calorimetry showed that the total heat release and total smoke production were reduced by 64.9% and 45.1%, respectively, and the limiting oxygen index (LOI) increased from 18% to 31%. In battery-level thermal abuse tests, the time to complete thermal runaway (TR) increased from 1068.7 ± 14.6 s to 1884.7 ± 44.2 s, corresponding to 76.4% delay. These results suggest that interfacial hydrogen-bonding regulation, together with the ─CF3-modified benzoxazine-derived structure and compact char formation, contributes to improved flame resistance, structural retention, and battery-level thermal-abuse protection.

PMID:
43007071
Bibliographic data and abstract were imported from PubMed on 10 Nov 2026.

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