Wei-Song Zhang

Chemical Recycling of Carbon Fiber Composites Via Alkaline Degradation and In Situ Self-Assembly of Functional Spheres

An integrated upcycling strategy for waste carbon fiber-reinforced polymer composites (CFRP) is developed by coupling alkaline hydrothermal degradation with binder-free interfacial self-assembly. Under optimized conditions (25 wt % KOH, 200 °C, 8 h), selective ester cleavage yields clean carbon fibers and a degradati...