@article{ref1,
title="Core-Shell Graphitic Carbon Nitride/Zinc Phytate as a Novel Efficient Flame Retardant for Fire Safety and Smoke Suppression in Epoxy Resin",
journal="Polymers (Basel)",
year="2020",
author="Zhang, Weiwei and Wu, Weihong and Meng, Weihua and Xie, Weiya and Cui, Yumeng and Xu, Jianzhong and Qu, Hongqiang",
volume="12",
number="1",
pages="e212-e212",
abstract="Novel core-shell graphitic carbon nitride/zinc phytate (g-C<sub>3</sub>N<sub>4</sub>/PAZn) flame retardant was simple synthetized using two-dimensional g-C<sub>3</sub>N<sub>4</sub> and bio-based PAZn by self-assembly and incorporated into epoxy resin (EP) for improving the fire safety. The flame retardance and smoke suppression were investigated by cone calorimetry. The results indicated that g-C<sub>3</sub>N<sub>4</sub>/PAZn-EP displayed outstanding flame retardancy and smoke suppression, for example, the peak heat release rate and peak smoke production rate decreased by 71.38% and 25%, respectively. Furthermore, the flame retardancy mechanism was further explored by char residue and thermal stability analysis. It can be predicted that g-C<sub>3</sub>N<sub>4</sub>/PAZn will provide valuable reference about bio-based flame retardant.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2073-4360",
doi="10.3390/polym12010212",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/polym12010212"
}