Dual synergistic effects of novel modifier AO-g-C3N4 on the fluidity and oxidation resistance for high performance PPS resin

As the raw material for fabricating polyphenylene sulfide (PPS) fibers, PPS resin exhibits great processing and application value. However, the oxidative cross-linking among PPS molecules at high temperatures causes increasing melt viscosity and decreasing fluidity, making PPS processing difficult and lower production quality and efficiency. In this research, we realize the dual improvement of PPS resin in the fluidity and oxidation resistance by introducing a new AO-g-C 3 N 4 composite modifier. First, an antioxidant (AO) was grafted onto the surface of graphitic carbon nitride (g-C 3 N 4 ) through amination to synthesize AO-g-C 3 N 4 . Subsequently, AO-g-C 3 N 4 was incorporated into PPS resin using the melt extrusion process, yielding a novel flow-enhancing and antioxidant PPS-based composite material. It is found that the AO-g-C 3 N 4 /PPS material possesses excellent properties with a significantly raised melt index (>50 %) and notably decreased shear viscosity (>20 %). Besides, the dynamic oxidation induction temperature of AO-g-C 3 N 4 /PPS has increased, indicating inhibited oxidative cross-linking, while the crystallinity has increased. These suggest that the incorporation of AO-g-C 3 N 4 into PPS resin can enhance its fluidity and antioxidation properties, providing valuable insight for the modification research of PPS resin. The AO-g-C 3 N 4 /PPS exhibits the characteristic of easier processing, which offers promising prospects for developing the downstream industry of PPS resin.