Ablation resistance and high-temperature insulation capacity of TiB2-B4C modified Al-coated carbon fibre/boron phenolic resin ceramizable composites

The inherent susceptibility to oxidation limits the application of carbon fibre/phenolic resin composites (CF/Ph) in the thermal protection of hypersonic vehicle engines. Herein, TiB 2 -B 4 C modified Al-coated carbon fibre/boron phenolic resin ceramizable composites were fabricated. The optimal ceramizable composite (T 30 C 10 ) exhibited excellent ablation resistance and high-temperature insulation capacity at a linear ablation rate and bottom-surface temperature of −0.00768 mm/s and 129.8 °C, respectively. Oxygen consumption and inhibition, carbon fixation, and self-healing effects contributed to the excellent ablation resistance, and the effects of the Al coatings and carbothermal reduction reactions led to excellent high-temperature insulation capacities.