Effect of copper-coated carbon fibre content on microstructure and enhanced properties of carbon fiber reinforced aluminum matrix composites

Yiping Lv, Haohao Zou, Chenyang Mei, Huadong Ye, Suqiu Jia, Weiwei Zhu, Ying Han, Shengjian Zhou, Xu Ran, Key Laboratory of Advanced Structural Materials, Ministry of Education, Changchun University of Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Changchun University of Technology, Jilin Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Materials Processing and Application for Rail Transit, Changchun University of Technology

Journal of Composite Materials

Published online on January 09, 2026

Abstract

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Carbon fiber reinforced aluminum matrix (CF/Al) composites have great potential for lightweight applications, but their interfacial wettability is poor. In order to improve CF/Al interfacial bonding, a continuous copper coating was deposited on carbon ...