Abstract:
The hybrid of polyethyleneimine-decorated fullrene (C
60−PEI) was synthesized by the addition reaction between active −NH− bonds in PEI and C=C bonds in C
60 , and the molecular structure and morphology of C
60−PEI were characterized by FTIR and TEM. The C
60−PEI/polypropylene (PP) composite was prepared through the melt blending method and its thermal and flame retarded properties were studied. The thermogravimetric analysis results show that the thermal stability of the C
60-PEI/PP composite is significantly higher than the C
60/PP composite, because C
60−PEI can play the radical capture role of C
60 more effectively. The oxidation induced test (OIT) results show that the C
60−PEI/PP composite has higher anti-oxidative ability than the C
60/PP composite; the micro-calorimeter results also show that the heat release of the C
60−PEI/PP composite is obviously lower than the C
60/PP composite.