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Article

Effect of Graphene Oxide-Modified CaAl-Layered Double Hydroxides on the Carbon Dioxide Permeation Properties of Fluoroelastomers

New Energy and Material College, China University of Petroleum, Beijing 102249, China
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Polymers 2023, 15(20), 4151; https://doi.org/10.3390/polym15204151
Submission received: 12 September 2023 / Revised: 12 October 2023 / Accepted: 16 October 2023 / Published: 19 October 2023
(This article belongs to the Topic Preparation and Application of Polymer Nanocomposites)

Abstract

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This work aimed to investigate the CO2 gas barrier and mechanical properties of fluorine rubber nanocomposites filled with Ca/Al layered hydroxide (graphene oxide [GO]/LDH-Ca2Al) modified by GO. GO/LDH-Ca2Al nanocomposite fillers were prepared by depositing Ca/Al layered hydroxide (LDH-Ca2Al) into the surface of alkalized GO (Al-GO). The prepared GO/LDH-Ca2Al nanocomposite fillers and complexes were characterized by Fourier infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) for structural and micromorphological characterization. The results showed that GO/LDH-Ca2Al was successfully prepared with strong interactions between Al-GO and LDH, and the compatibility of GO/LDH-Ca2Al nanocomposite fillers with the polymer was significantly improved compared with that of LDH-Ca2Al. Consequently, both the fracture strength (σb) and strain (εb) of GO/LDH-Ca2Al nanocomplexes remarkably increased, and they exhibited excellent mechanical properties. Differential scanning calorimetry and thermogravimetric analysis were used to characterize the thermal stability of GO/LDH-Ca2Al nanocomposite fillers, and GO/LDH-Ca2Al nanocomposite fillers have better thermal stability than LDH-Ca2Al. The reaction products (S-LDH-Ca2Al and S-GO-Ca2Al) of LDH-Ca2Al and GO/LDH-Ca2Al with CO2 were characterized using XRD and TGA, respectively, and the results show that LDH-Ca2Al reacts readily and chemically with CO2, resulting in a lower diffusion coefficient of CO2 in the LDH-Ca2Al nanocomplexes than that of the GO/LDH-Ca2Al nanocomplexes and leading to the destruction of the laminar structure of LDH-Ca2Al, while GO/LDH-Ca2Al has better CO2 resistance stability. GO/LDH-Ca2Al nanocomplexes exhibited a reduced content of hydroxyl groups with pro-CO2 nature exposed on the surface of LDH-Ca2Al, improving the interfacial interaction between the nanofillers and the rubber matrix and enhancing the dispersion of GO/LDH-Ca2Al in the polymers. Moreover, CO2 in the soluble GO/LDH-Ca2Al nanocomposites was significantly reduced, while the diffusion properties demonstrated weak temperature dependence on solubility. The mechanism of the CO2 gas barrier of polymers filled with GO/LDH-Ca2Al was proposed on the basis of the Arrhenius equation.

1. Introduction

Climate change is one of the most serious problems facing mankind, and anthropogenic air pollutant emissions and climate change have a direct relationship in which carbon dioxide (CO2) is the main air pollutant [1]. In the field of oilfield development, CO2 is an attractive repellant for enhanced oil recovery, but some problems, such as CO2 leakage during CO2 transportation, are encountered; hence, a sealing material with excellent barrier performance needs to be developed [2].
Rubber is a highly elastic and amorphous polymer with good toughness, elasticity, and elongation, and they are also known as elastomers; for this class of material, a very small external force can produce a large deformation, which can be restored after removing the external force [3,4]. Rubber materials are widely used in tire liners, chemical protection products, medical packaging, automotive tanks and natural gas storage tanks, and natural long-distance pipeline valve sealing materials, and their gas barrier properties are very important [5]. The gas barrier properties of rubber materials are very important. Given the high free volume fraction between rubber molecular chains, gas molecules can easily diffuse from one end of the rubber material to the other, and most diene-based rubbers such as natural rubber (NR), ethylene–propylene rubber (EPDM), and styrene–butadiene rubber (SBR) have high permeability to gases [6].
The gas barrier properties can be effectively improved by filling a certain amount of nanoparticles into the rubber to form a filling network, thus creating distorted paths and inhibiting gas molecules from penetrating the rubber matrix. More importantly, the strong interface between the nanoparticles and the rubber molecules is significant in limiting chain migration and further reducing the free volume between the nanoparticles and the rubber molecules. Among a range of nanoparticles, layered particles such as layered double hydroxides (LDH) [7,8,9] and graphene (GE) or graphene oxide (GO) [10,11] have higher aspect ratios than spherical and fibrous particles, making them more conducive to enhancing the gas barrier properties of rubber composites [12]. In particular, LDH is considered to be a promising CO2 adsorbent because of its controllable layer spacing and pro-CO2 properties [13]. The chemical formula of LDH can be represented by the general expression M 1 x 2 + M x 3 + ( O H ) 2 ( A n ) x / n · y H 2 O [14,15]. LDH consists of a hydromagnesite-like layer in which a small portion of octahedrally coordinated divalent metal cations is replaced by trivalent metal cations, resulting in a positively charged host layer [16]. Exchangeable inorganic or organic anions are accommodated in the interlayer channels to compensate for the positive charge. In addition, the hydroxyl groups of the host layer are connected to anions or water molecules via hydrogen bonding. The X value is equal to the molar ratio of M3+/(M2++M3+), and it ranges from 0.17 to 0.33 [16]. Given the controllable M2+/M3+ molar ratio, the tunability of the metal cations, and the exchangeable charge compensating anions [17], the layer spacing of the LDH can be optimized, which can aid in the design of the lamellar packing that facilitates CO2 intercalation, further forming a more complex pathway for CO2 diffusion.
However, the thermal stability of LDH is poor, and it starts to undergo layer structure destruction at approximately 250 °C [18]. Most importantly, LDH is a polar inorganic material with limited compatibility with organic macromolecules such as natural rubber (NR), fluorine rubber (FKM), and nitrile rubber (NBR), leading to agglomeration in the polymer and the formation of weak phase interfaces [8,9]. Therefore, the dispersion and thermal stability of LDH in polymers can be improved by forming a compound with LDH along with new components. GO has high electronic conductivity, good mechanical strength, excellent thermal stability, large specific area, and abundant oxygen-containing groups on its surface, such as epoxide, hydroxyl, and carboxyl groups, which can form strong interactions with polymer molecules via hydrogen or ionic bonding [13,14,15]. It also has good descriptive properties with polymers. Moreover, GO is an almost monolayer layered structure with a large surface area [19]. GO is an ideal carrier for LDH because of its negatively charged layer surface and oxygen-containing groups, which can form hydrogen bonding and strong electrostatic interactions with the positively charged LDH on the surface of the host layer [20,21,22]. Yang et al. prepared FeNi-LDH/GO hybrid nanosheets by alternately stacking GO layers and FeNi double hydroxide ion layers [20].
To meet the application requirements for rubber of the tire, aerospace, and military fields, nanofillers such as graphene oxide, carbon nanotubes, carbon black, and montmorillonite have been widely used to improve the mechanical properties of rubber. The effects of various modifying additives and fillers on the physicochemical and mechanical properties of polymer composites are determined by many factors as follows: (1) filler–polymer interfacial interaction [23,24,25], (2) content of fillers [26], and (3) cross-linking density of polymers [27]. Among these, filler–polymer interfacial interaction exerts an extremely significant effect on the mechanical properties of polymer composites.
In this study, GO/LDH-Ca2Al nanolamellar fillers with better thermal stability and better compatibility with polymers were prepared via a simple synthesis method (Scheme 1). The layer spacing of this nanofiller increased by approximately 0.04 nm compared with that of pristine LDH-Ca2Al, thus increasing the chances of interlayer insertion of CO2 gas molecules. At the same time, the resistance to CO2 stability was significantly improved, and a stable layer structure can be maintained in a CO2 environment. The GO/LDH-Ca2Al nanofiller reduced the content of exposed hydroxyl groups of a pro-CO2 nature on the surface of LDH-Ca2Al, increased the interfacial interactions between LDH-Ca2Al and the rubber matrix, and improved the dispersion of LDH-Ca2Al in the polymer. Consequently, the CO2 solubility of the nanocomposites was significantly reduced.

2. Experimental

2.1. Materials

FKM 246, a terpolymer of vinylidene fluoride (VF2); hexafluoropropylene (HFP); and tetrafluoroethylene (TFE), with 68.5% fluorine content, density of 1.86 g/cm3, Mooney viscosity, ML 1 + 10 at 121 °C = 25, and solubility parameter, δ = 19.7 MPa1/2 were supplied by Shanghai Huayi 3F New Materials Co., Ltd. (Shanghai, China). 2,5-Dimethyl-2,5-di(tert-butylperoxy)hexane (Macklin), triallyl isocyanurate (TAIC, ≥98%, Aladdin), and calcium chloride dihydrate (CaCl2·2H2O, ≥98%) were purchased from Beijing Yongchang Haoran Bio-technology Co., Ltd. (Beijing, China). Aluminum chloride hexahydrate (AlCl3·6H2O, ≥98%) was obtained from Shanghai Taitan Technology Co., Ltd. (Shanghai, China). Graphene oxide (GO, >99%), sodium hydroxide (NaOH, ≥98%), and deionized water were purchased from Shanghai Boer Chemical Reagent Co. (Shanghai, China). All reagents were of analytical grade, and the purity of the CO2 test gas used for the experiments was 99.9% (Beijing Chengweixin Industrial Gas Sales Center, Beijing, China).

2.2. Preparation of Layered LDH-Ca2Al and GO/LDH-Ca2Al

LDH-Ca2Al was prepared via co-precipitation [28,29,30]. Approximately 15 g CaCl2·2H2O and 7.606 g AlCl3·6H2O were dissolved in 300 mL of deionized water to obtain a colorless and transparent Ca2Al solution. Approximately 7.36 g NaOH was dissolved in 30 mL of deionized water to obtain a colorless and transparent NaOH solution, and the NaOH solution was added to the vigorously stirred (800 rpm) Ca2Al solution at room temperature. The pH of the suspension was maintained at approximately 11, and stirring was maintained for 1 h. The sample was then filtered, washed with deionized water until the pH was approximately 10, and finally vacuum-dried at 60 °C to obtain the white powder LDH-Ca2Al.
Approximately 0.5 g GO was added to 1050 mL of deionized water to obtain the GO suspension [31]. Then, an appropriate amount of NaOH was added to adjust the pH of GO suspension at approximately 11 (Al-GO), and 8.15 g LDH-Ca2Al was added to the solution. The sample was sonicated for 10 min and then placed in a vacuum oven at 60 °C for 24 h to obtain GO/LDH-Ca2Al suspension. Finally, it was filtered, washed with deionized water, and freeze-dried.

2.3. CO2 Resistance Stability Testing of LDH-Ca2Al and GO/LDH-Ca2Al

S-LDH-Ca2Al and S-GO/LDH-Ca2Al, which were intercalated and reacted by CO2, were obtained by simultaneously placing 1.5 g of LDH-Ca2Al and GO/LDH-Ca2Al in an autoclave of CO2 gas as the ambient medium at 80 °C and 4.3 MPa, and the sample was taken out after 1 day.

2.4. Preparation of FKM/GO/LDH-Ca2Al and FKM/LDH-Ca2Al Composites

The raw rubber was sheared on the rolls for 2 min at room temperature by using an open double-roller mill (friction ratio: 1:1.4). Then, different proportions of GO/LDH-Ca2Al were added for 3–4 min. Finally, 5 phr LUPEROX 101XL-50 and 5 phr TAIC were added to the sample, and the mixture was sheared and agitated for 3–4 min to obtain the unvulcanized FKM/GO/Ca2Al composite. A rotorless vulcanometer was used to determine the optimal vulcanization time (tc90) of the unvulcanized FKM/GO/LDH-Ca2Al composites at 160 °C, and was vulcanized to the optimal vulcanization time (tc90) by using a plate vulcanizer at 160 °C and 10 MPa. FKMs unfilled and filled with the same amount of LDH-Ca2Al were prepared using the same method as the blank control group. Table 1 provides the formulation of FKM/GO/LDH-Ca2Al composites. Different portions of GO/LDH-Ca2Al-filled fluoroelastomers were denoted as FKM/GO/LDH-Ca2Al-x, where x refers to the number of portions of nanofillers in 100 phr of fluoroelastomers.

2.5. Characterization

Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) measurements were carried out on a TENSOR II spectrometer (Bruker, MA, USA) at the wave number range of 4000–400 cm−1 with a resolution of 4 cm−1 and a 64-scan signal via the KBr pellet technique. An X-ray diffractometer (D8 Focus, Bruker) was used to characterize LDH-Ca2Al and GO/LDH-Ca2Al before and after CO2 immersion and GO, and the measurements were carried out at a wavelength of λ = 0.154056 nm with a step size of 0.01° under Cu/Kα radiation. LDH-Ca2Al and GO/LDH-Ca2Al before and after CO2 immersion, FKM/LDH-Ca2Al, and FKM/GO/LDH-Ca2Al were subjected to morphological observation by using a SU8010 cold field emission scanning electron microscope (SU8010, Hitachi, Japan). The CO2 gas permeability of FKM/LDH-Ca2Al and FKM/GO/LDH-Ca2Al composites were measured via differential pressure by using a homemade gas permeability tester according to ISO 2782-1:2022 [32]. The samples to be tested were cut into dumbbell-shaped specimens. The tensile test was carried out by using a universal testing machine at room temperature with a tensile rate of 500 mm/min, following the GB/T 528–2009 standard [33] and three parallel specimens were used for each group of materials. According to the ISO 7619-1:2010 standard [34], the Shore A hardness of the composites was tested using an LX A-type hardness tester. The samples were subjected to DMA testing by using a DMA (NETZSCH 242 C) in tensile mode at the frequency of 10 Hz. Each sample was scanned in the range of −50 °C to 60 °C at a heating rate of 3 °C/min−1. The samples were subjected to thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) by using a Shimadzu DTG-60 thermogravimetric analyzer, and the weight of the test samples ranged from 8 mg to 10 mg. The samples were heated from 25 °C to 800 °C at a heating rate of 10 °C/min under a nitrogen atmosphere purge of 100 mL/min. A differential scanning calorimeter (DSC, NETZSCH-5) was used to characterize the LDH-Ca2Al and GO/LDH-Ca2Al thermal transition. The weight of the test samples ranged from 6 mg to 10 mg and was heated from 25 °C to 250 °C at a heating rate of 10 °C/min under a nitrogen atmosphere of 100 mL/min.
The crosslink density of FKM/LDH-Ca2Al and FKM/GO/LDH-Ca2Al was measured using the equilibrium dissolution method [27,35] according to the standard ASTM D6814-02 [36]. Approximately 0.2 g of the sample was placed in a sealed container containing 25 mL of acetone and held at 25 °C for 3 days, during which the acetone solvent was changed every 24 h. The mass of the swelling equilibrium was measured as m S and dried in a blower oven at 70 °C for 16 h. Then, the weight of the dried rubber m d was measured, and the density ρ d was calculated. The crosslink density v e was calculated as follows:
V r = ( m d / ρ d ) / m d / ρ d + m S m d / ρ S
v e = l n 1 V r + V r + χ 1 V r 2 V 1 ( V r 1 / 3 V r ) / 2
where V r and ρ S are the volume fraction of rubber and the density of the solvent (the density of acetone is 0.79 g/cm3), respectively, V 1 is the molar volume of acetone solvent (73.53 cm3/mol), and χ 1 is the interaction parameter of the polymer with the solvent, which is 0.358 in this case. According to the Bristow–Watson equation, the following expression can be obtained [37]:
χ 1 = β 1 + V 1 R T ( δ s δ p ) 2
where β 1 is the lattice constant (typically 0.34), R is the gas constant, T is the absolute temperature, and δ p and δ s are the solubility parameters of FKM and solvent acetone, respectively.

3. Results and Discussion

3.1. Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) Spectroscopy

The IR spectra of GO, Al-GO, LDH-Ca2Al, GO/LDH-Ca2Al, S-LDH-Ca2Al, and S-GO/LDH-Ca2Al are shown in Figure 1. The broad and strong absorption peaks of the infrared spectra of GO near 3381 cm−1 represent the O–H stretching vibrations in carboxyl and hydroxyl groups, and the peaks at 1223 and 1733 cm−1 represent the out-of-plane bending vibrations of O–H in COOH and its C=O stretching vibrations [38,39]. Alkoxy (C–OH) stretching vibrations and hydroxyl deformation vibrations occurred at 1052 and 1390 cm−1, respectively [40], and while that at 1620 cm−1 can be attributed to the conjugate bond of aromatic C=C-C=C [39]. The peaks of the C=O stretching vibration of COOH and O–H out-of-plane bending vibration of COOH on Al-GO disappeared, and the symmetric and antisymmetric peaks of COO appeared near 1636 and 1458 cm−1 [41]. The O–H stretching vibration peaks of Al–OH and Ca–OH of LDH-Ca2Al, GO/LDH-Ca2Al, S-LDH-Ca2Al, and S-GO/LDH-Ca2Al appeared at 3634 and 3474 cm−1, respectively, the bending vibration of the interlayer H2O molecule was observed at approximately 1621 cm−1, and the absorption peaks at 787, 535, and 434 cm−1, which are below 800 cm−1, represent M-O vibrational peaks (M is Ca or Al) [18,41,42]. In the IR spectra of GO/LDH-Ca2Al, Al-GO peaks appeared at 3741 and 1637 cm−1, but these peaks appear to be blue-shifted, possibly because of the positively charged nature on the LDH-Ca2Al layer and the presence of the electron-absorbing induced effect. The peaks at 1733 and 1223 cm−1, which represent COOH, disappeared from the infrared spectra of GO/LDH-Ca2Al and Al-GO, while symmetric and antisymmetric telescopic vibrational peaks near 1458 and 1636 cm−1 for COO appeared [41]. The symmetric and antisymmetric telescopic vibrational peaks of COO in the GO/LDH-Ca2Al spectra also shifted to the high-frequency region, indicating the presence of a strong interaction between GO and LDH-Ca2Al.
The CO32− peaks at 1428 and 875 cm−1 represent small amounts of CaCO3 impurities in GO/LDH-Ca2Al with LDH-Ca2Al [43]. Both LDH-Ca2Al and GO/LDH-Ca2Al showed weak interlayer CO32− absorption peaks at 2974 and 1486 cm−1, but the interlayer CO32− absorption peaks of LDH-Ca2Al of S-LDH-Ca2Al and S-GO/LDH-Ca2Al were significantly enhanced, suggesting that CO2 can be intercalated in the interlayer of LDH-Ca2Al mainly in the form of CO32− [18].

3.2. XRD Analysis of LDH-Ca2Al and GO/LDH-Ca2Al

The XRD results of GO, LDH-Ca2Al, and GO/LDH-Ca2Al are shown in Figure 2, where the appearance of CaCO3 impurity (PDF #97-001-6710 and PDF #97-018-1959) peaks proves the accuracy of the FITR results (Figure 1). The X-ray diffraction pattern of GO/LDH-Ca2Al (PDF#04-010-4677) does not show GO diffraction peaks, suggesting that the periodic stacking arrangement was not formed by the composite of GO and LDH-Ca2Al [13]. The GO/LDH-Ca2Al shows the typical Bragg reflection of LDH-Ca2Al as the pristine LDH-Ca2Al, but the diffraction peaks of GO/LDH-Ca2Al at the (003) crystal plane shifted to a lower angle; according to Bragg equation ( 2 d s i n 2 θ = n λ ) the calculated LDH-Ca2Al and GO/LDH-Ca2Al basal spacings were approximately 2.587 and 2.623 nm, respectively, and the thickness of the LDH-like hydromagnesite layer was 0.48 nm [41]. The LDH-Ca2Al and GO/LDH-Ca2Al interlayer spacings were 2.107 and 2.143 nm, respectively. Consequently, Al-GO formed a complex with LDH-Ca2Al, resulting in an increase in interlayer spacing CO2 by approximately 0.036 nm, as shown in Figure 2b. This phenomenon can be attributed to the strong interactions between the Al-GO and the LDH-Ca2Al layers, which weakened the electrostatic interactions of the anionic in the interlayer channel with the cationic on the layer, consistent with the FTIR results. Given the increase in GO/LDH-Ca2Al layer spacing, the specific surface area also increased, which provided more active sites for CO2 molecular adsorption and increased the possibility of CO2 gas adsorption and intercalation.

3.3. Structural Characteristics of LDH-Ca2Al and GO/LDH-Ca2Al

The SEM of images of LDH-Ca2Al and GO/LDH-Ca2Al are shown in Figure 3. LDH-Ca2Al and GO/LDH-Ca2Al have obvious lamellar structures, and the diameter of LDH-Ca2Al flakes is in the range of 0.3–0.5 µm with a thickness of approximately 0.03 µm. The XRD of LDH-Ca2Al showed a layer spacing of approximately 2.107 nm (Figure 2), indicating that LDH-Ca2Al is composed of multilayered LDH-Ca2Al lamellae stacked along the (003) direction. In GO/LDH-Ca2Al, LDH-Ca2Al lamellae are much smaller than Al-GO (S1), which is consistent with the TEM results of GO/LDH-Ca2Al in Figure 4e. A closer look reveals that a large amount of LDH-Ca2Al is loaded onto the surface of Al-GO because of the existence of a strong interaction force between LDH-Ca2Al and Al-GO, which is consistent with the FITR results of GO/LDH-Ca2Al (Figure 1).
The TEM of GO, LDH-Ca2Al, and GO/LDH-Ca2Al is shown in Figure S1 and Figure 4, and they show a lamellar structure, which is consistent with the SEM results. The HR-TEM of LDH-Ca2Al in Figure 4d shows the appearance of obvious (110) and (104) lattice stripes, in which the spacing of the stripes are 0.286 and 0.378 nm, consistent with the results of (110) and (104) diffraction peaks in the XRD diffraction pattern. The SAED plot along the crystal axis (16, −7, 1) is shown in the lower right corner of Figure 4d, consistent with PDF#04-010-4677. A large amount of two-dimensional LDH-Ca2Al grows on GO/LDH-Ca2Al, and the HR-TEM of GO/LDH-Ca2Al clearly demonstrates that the two-dimensional GO in GO/LDH-Ca2Al grows LDH-Ca2Al (Figure 4e); a (110) lattice face of LDH-Ca2Al was observed in the GO/LDH-Ca2Al lattice streak, and the SAED image in this region shows LDH-Ca2Al diffraction spots along the (17,16,2) directions [44], indicating that LDH-Ca2Al is deposited on the GO surface and stacked along the (003) direction on the GO surface.

3.4. Thermal Stability of GO, LDH-Ca2Al, and GO/LDH-Ca2Al

The DSC and TGA curves of GO, LDH-Ca2Al, and GO/LDH-Ca2Al are shown in Figure 5a–c, respectively. Figure 5a shows a physisorbed water removal near 125.4, 136.4, and 117.5 °C for GO, LDH-Ca2Al, and GO/LDH-Ca2Al, respectively. Meanwhile, GO shows the oxidation of oxygen-containing functional groups near 198 °C, indicating an exothermic reaction [45]. The removal of interlayer H2O molecules from LDH-Ca2Al and GO/LDH-Ca2Al occurred near 192.6 and 200.3 °C, respectively, suggesting that GO/LDH-Ca2Al has better thermal stability than LDH-Ca2Al. Meanwhile, GO/LDH-Ca2Al did not show the exothermic reaction of GO near 198 °C, indicating that the thermal stability of GO in GO/LDH-Ca2Al was significantly improved due to the presence of strong interaction between Al-GO and LDH-Ca2Al.
The thermal stability of GO, LDH-Ca2Al, and GO/LDH-Ca2Al is also depicted in Figure S2 and Figure 5b. Similar to the DSC results (Figure 5a), GO underwent three key weight loss steps at <125 °C corresponding to the removal of physically adsorbed water, 130–350 °C corresponding to the removal of oxygen functional groups, and 360–800 °C corresponding to the carbon framework of the oxidative pyrolysis [39]. Based on Figure 5b, three distinct weight loss steps can be observed for LDH-Ca2Al at 30–100 °C corresponding to the loss of physisorbed water, 100–170 °C corresponding to the process of interlayer water removal, 215–400 °C corresponding to the dehydroxylation of the layers and the removal of interlayer chloride ions, and 440–550 °C corresponding to the further elimination of the hydroxyl groups on the layers [18,41,46]. Compared with LDH-Ca2Al, the thermal stability of GO/LDH-Ca2Al was significantly improved between 30 and 200 °C. Although the temperature at which approximately 1.2% of physisorbed water was lost was approximately 7 °C lower than that of LDH-Ca2Al, the temperature at which the interlayer water was removed increased by nearly 43 °C (ΔT1). Interestingly, the temperature of releasing interlayer chloride ions decreased by about 20 °C (ΔT2), which was caused by the enlarged interlayer spacing of LDH-Ca2Al. At the same time, the thermal stability of the GO layer on GO/LDH-Ca2Al was improved, in which the carbon framework decomposition temperature increased by approximately 29 °C, respectively. The residual mass of S-LDH-Ca2Al with a value of approximately 59% at 800 °C (m2), which is approximately 5% higher than that of the LDH-Ca2Al, can be attributed to the decomposition of the carbonates that occurred after 450 °C based on the XRD patterns of S-LDH-Ca2Al; this finding revealed the presence of carbonates (Figure 6a) [18].

3.5. Carbon Dioxide Resistance Stability of LDH-Ca2Al and GO/LDH-Ca2Al

The XRD of S-LDH-Ca2Al and S-GO/LDH-Ca2Al are shown in Figure 6a,b. LDH-Ca2Al and GO/LDH-Ca2Al were placed in a pure CO2 environment at a pressure of 4 MPa and a temperature of 80 °C. After 1 day, the XRD diffraction peaks of the reaction products S-LDH-Ca2Al and S-GO/LDH-Ca2Al were very similar to those of Ca4Al2 (OH)12 (OH0.4 (CO3)0.8 (H2O)4 compounds (PDF#97-026-3123). According to the Bragg equation ( 2 d s i n 2 θ = n λ ), the calculated layer spacings of LDH-Ca2Al, GO/LDH-Ca2Al, S-LDH-Ca2Al, and S-GO/LDH-Ca2Al were 2.106, 2.143, 2.106, and 2.138 nm, respectively (Figure 2b and Figure 6b) [41], and the kinetic diameter of CO2 was approximately 0.33 nm [47]. The IR spectra of S-LDH-Ca2Al and S-GO/LDH-Ca2Al also showed significant interlayer CO32− absorption peaks (PDF #97-018-1959 and PDF #97-000-0150, Figure 1), suggesting that CO2 was intercalated into the interlayer of LDH and appeared in the interlayer in the form of CO32−. The intensity of the CaCO3 diffraction peaks increased in the S-LDH-Ca2Al, and the micro-morphology of the S-LDH-Ca2Al showed a large number of massive structures (Figure 6c), indicating that CO2 reacted with LDH-Ca2Al, which led to an increase in CO32− content in S-LDH-Ca2Al. By contrast, the intensity of the CaCO3 diffraction peaks in the XRD pattern of S-GO/LDH-Ca2Al decreased, no significant change was observed in the microscopic morphology (Figure 6d), and GO/LDH-Ca2Al hardly reacted with CO2, indicating that GO/LDH-Ca2Al has a very good CO2-resistant chemical stability, which is consistent with the TGA results (Figure 5). Table 2 also provides information on the change of CaCO3 content in LDH-Ca2Al, GO/LDH-Ca2Al, S-LDH-Ca2Al, and S-GO/LDH-Ca2Al.

3.6. Interfacial Interactions of FKM Matrix with LDH-Ca2Al and GO/LDH-Ca2Al

The interaction between the nanofillers and the polymer matrix influences the dispersion state of the nanofillers in the polymer, thus remarkably affecting the gas barrier properties and mechanical properties of the nanocomplexes [48,49,50]. GO/LDH-Ca2Al nanofillers had an excellent dispersion state in the FKM/GO/LDH-Ca2Al nanocomposites, and the energy storage modulus of the FKM/GO/LDH-Ca2Al complexes substantially increased because of the existence of a good phase interface between the GO/LDH-Ca2Al nanofillers and the rubber matrix compared with the LDH-Ca2Al nanofillers (Figure 7a,b). This interfacial interaction will be quantitatively measured next using two-phase modeling [51]. The loss tangent relationship between the filler and the unfilled polymer matrix satisfies the following equation [27,51,52]:
t a n   δ = t a n   δ m 1 + 1.5 B φ
where t a n   δ m and t a n   δ represent the tangent values of the filler and the unfilled polymer matrix, φ is the volume fraction of the filler, and B is a phenomenological interaction parameter, which can represent the strength of the interface interaction between the filler and the matrix; the larger the value of B , the stronger the interface interaction between the filler and the polymer matrix [27]. The t a n   δ m , t a n   δ , Tg, and B values of FKM, FKM/LDH-Ca2Al-8, and FKM/GO/LDH-Ca2Al-8 are shown in Table 3. The loss tangent t a n   δ and Tg of FKM/GO/LDH-Ca2Al shifted toward high temperature, and the B value of FKM/GO/LDH-Ca2Al-8 is approximately 0.528, which is slightly higher than that of FKM/LDH-Ca2Al-8 by 0.041. This finding indicates that the interfacial interactions between GO/LDH-Ca2Al and the FKM matrix were enhanced compared with that of LDH-Ca2Al, thus hindering the movement of the molecular chain segments. this finding explains that the crosslink density of FKM/GO/LDH-Ca2Al is always higher than that of FKM/LDH-Ca2Al for the fluoroelastomer composites filled with the same content of fillers, as shown in Figure 8. The SEM images of FKM/LDH-Ca2Al-8 and FKM/GO/LDH-Ca2Al-8 are shown in Figure 7a,b. The results indicate a good phase interface between GO/LDH-Ca2Al and the rubber matrix, which is caused by the strong interfacial interaction between GO/LDH-Ca2Al and the fluoroelastomer matrix than that of LDH-Ca2Al.

3.7. Gas Barrier Properties of FKM/LDH-Ca2Al and FKM/GO/LDH-Ca2Al Composites

3.7.1. Effect of Filler Content on the Gas Barrier Properties of FKM/LDH-Ca2Al and FKM/GO/LDH-Ca2Al Composites

The gas barrier properties of rubber composites, which were measured in terms of the gas permeability coefficient ( Q = D S ), are related to the shape, content, and degree of dispersion of the filler [5,12,53], and lamellar fillers with large aspect ratios have good gas barrier properties [54]. LDH-Ca2Al and GO/LDH-Ca2Al are lamellar fillers with large aspect ratios (Figure 3a,b). The aspect ratios of LDH-Ca2Al are in the range of 10–16, and the Q and D of the rubber filled with 8 phr LDH-Ca2Al fillers were reduced by nearly 9% and 33%, respectively. The relationships of permeability coefficient ( Q ), diffusion coefficient ( D ), and solubility ( S ) with the contents of LDH-Ca2Al and GO/LDH-Ca2Al are illustrated in Figure 8a–c. The results show that the permeability coefficients and diffusion coefficients of the rubber composites decrease significantly with the increase in filler content, which is consistent with the change in the crosslinking density of the rubber composites (Figure 7e). This phenomenon can be explained using the free volume theory [55,56]. The nanofillers can be approximated as physical cross-linking points and the cross-linking density increases with the increase in nanofiller content. The increase in cross-linking density shortens the distance between the rubber chains, reduces the mobility of the rubber chains, and leads to a decrease in the free volume fraction of the permeation path of the gas molecules [6]. The free volume fraction of the gas molecules’ permeation path decreased.
The variation of solubility (S) with filler content is given in Figure 8a. The solubility of FKM/LDH-Ca2Al increased significantly with the increase in LDH-Ca2Al content, and the solubility of the rubber composite increased by 108% when filled with 10 phr of LDH-Ca2Al. By contrast, the solubility of FKM/GO/LDH-Ca2Al gradually decreased with the increase in GO/LDH-Ca2Al content, and the solubility of the rubber composite decreased by about 19% when filled with 10 phr of GO/LDH-Ca2Al. This finding was obtained because LDH-Ca2Al is a nanofiller with high CO2 absorption [48]. Moreover, the loading of LDH-Ca2Al onto the GO surface reduces the content of exposed polar hydroxyl groups on the LDH-Ca2Al layer, thus forming strong hydrogen bonding interactions with O in the CO2 molecule and increasing the content of CO2 adsorbed on the surface of the filler. In addition, compared with the LDH-Ca2Al, the GO/LDH-Ca2Al in the composites has good compatibility (Figure 7a,b), which consistently supports the interfacial interactions between GO/LDH-Ca2Al and the rubber matrix (Table 3). Therefore, more constrained polymer regions are present near the interface between the rubber matrix and the filler [5,57], thus reducing the adsorption capacity of CO2 molecules at the interface.
Figure 8b shows the schematic relationship between filler content and diffusion coefficient, in which the diffusion coefficient of the rubber composites decreased significantly with the increase in the filler content of LDH-Ca2Al and GO/LDH-Ca2Al, which is consistent with many previous findings [5,58,59,60,61]. This finding was obtained because the filler increases the gas molecule diffusion path and hinders the gas molecule movement [6], while LDH-Ca2Al and GO/LDH-Ca2Al are multilayer fillers (Figure 2, Figure 3 and Figure 4) with a layer spacing of more than 2.1 nm, which is significantly higher than the kinetic diameter of the CO2 molecule (~0.33 nm). Hence, the CO2 molecule can be interpolated into the layer spacing of the filler, thus significantly improving the gas molecule diffusion path. Accordingly, the diffusion coefficient of the rubber composite material was significantly reduced. Moreover, when the filler content of the filler reached 10 phr, the diffusion coefficient of the rubber composite material was reduced by nearly 57%. However, the diffusion coefficient of FKM/LDH-Ca2Al is lower than that of FKM/GO/LDH-Ca2Al at the same filler content, in which even the diffusion coefficient of FKM/LDH-Ca2Al-10 is approximately 47% lower than that of FKM/GO/LDH-Ca2Al-10. This finding was obtained because CO2 entered the spacing of the LDH-Ca2Al layers and reacted with the LDH-Ca2Al to generate inorganic compounds containing CO32− (Table 2), such as CaCO3. Consequently, the diffusion activation energy of CO2 gas remarkably decreased during diffusion in FKM/LDH-Ca2Al (Table 4). For example, the diffusion activation energy of FKM/LDH-Ca2Al-8 increased by approximately 27.6 J/mol. However, GO/LDH-Ca2Al has better-stabilizing properties during CO2 diffusion (Figure 2, Figure 3b and Figure 6), and the CaCO3 content of S-GO/LDH-Ca2Al did not change significantly compared with that of GO/LDH-Ca2Al (Table 2). Hence, although FKM/GO/LDH-Ca2Al lost some of the ability to reduce the diffusion coefficient brought by LDH-Ca2Al, it improved the CO2 resistance stability of FKM/GO/LDH-Ca2Al.

3.7.2. Effect of Temperature on the Gas Barrier Properties of FKM/LDH-Ca2Al and FKM/GO/LDH-Ca2Al Composites

The barrier mechanism of GO/LDH-Ca2Al and LDH-Ca2Al nanofillers in FKM/GO/LDH-Ca2Al with FKM/LDH-Ca2Al composites against CO2 was investigated by conducting a temperature-dependence study on the gas barrier properties of FKM/LDH-Ca2Al and FKM/GO/LDH-Ca2Al composites. The permeability coefficients ( Q ), diffusion coefficients ( D ), and solubility ( S ) of the rubber nanocomposites with temperature are given in Figure 9. The diffusion coefficients of FKM, FKM/GO/LDH-Ca2Al-8, and FKM/LDH-Ca2Al-8 remarkably increased with temperature, but the solubility remarkably decreased with the increase in temperature. Based on this phenomenon, the Arrhenius equation can be used to explain the relationship between the ln(S) and ln(D) of rubber nanocomposites and temperature (T), which can be expressed by Equations (5) and (6) as follows:
L n S = L n S 0 + ( H S 0 + H s f + H s c ) / R T
L n D = L n D 0 + ( E D 0 + E D f + E D c ) / R T
where S 0 and D 0 are pre-finger factors, which are related to the nature of the nanocomposites; H S 0 and E D 0 represent the heat of dissolution and diffusion activation energy of the pure polymer; H s f and E D f is the packing effect caused by nanofillers, which are related to the interaction of nanofillers with polymers and diffusion gases; and E D f is related to factors such as the aspect ratio, size, and shape of the nanofiller. In this experiment, H s c refers to the change in the heat of dissolution caused by the compound effect of GO and LDH-Ca2Al in GO/LDH-Ca2Al. E D c is the activation energy of the reaction between the nanofiller and the diffusion gas. Table 4 summarizes the relevant parameters of Equations (5) and (6) for the FKM, FKM/GO/LDH-Ca2Al-8, and FKM/LDH-Ca2Al-8 samples. The diffusion activation energy (ΔE) of the polymers is less than −25 KJ/mol, and the solubility activation energy (ΔH) is higher than 12.3 KJ/mol, which is consistent with the diffusion coefficient ( D ) and the solubility ( S ) with temperature. The H s f from the packing effect of LDH-Ca2Al is −32.2 KJ/mol, resulting in a significant decrease in the heat of dissolution of CO2 in the FKM/LDH-Ca2Al nanocomposites to approximately 12.3 KJ/mol, which explains the strong interaction between CO2 and LDH-Ca2Al. This phenomenon led to an increase in the solubility of CO2 in the FKM/LDH-Ca2Al nanocomposites. However, the change in the heat of dissolution caused by the compound effect of GO with LDH-Ca2Al ( H s c ) is 3.8 KJ/mol, which explains the existence of a strong interaction of GO/LDH-Ca2Al with the polymer matrix that reduced the CO2 adsorption effect on the nanofiller surface. The diffusion activation energy of the nanocomposites remarkably increased, which rendered the activation energy of the reaction of CO2 with GO/LDH-Ca2Al negligible, in which the value increased by approximately 42.5%. Hence, the diffusion coefficients of the FKM/LDH-Ca2Al and FKM/GO/LDH-Ca2Al nanocomposites were insensitive to the temperature variation. In addition to the packing effect caused by the filler ( E D f ), a chemical activation energy was observed between CO2 and LDH-Ca2Al ( E D c 5.2   KJ / mol ) in the ΔE of the FKM/LDH-Ca2Al nanocomposites. Therefore, it has a significantly lower diffusion coefficient than that of FKM/GO/LDH-Ca2Al. The permeability coefficient of the composites is a combination of the diffusion coefficient and solubility ( Q = D S ) [5,48,62,63]. As shown in Figure 9c, the solubility of the nanocomposites substantially contributes to the permeability coefficient at 60–80 °C, resulting in the low permeability coefficient of FKM/GO/LDH-Ca2Al. By contrast, the diffusion coefficient of the nanocomposites substantially contributes to the permeability coefficient at 80–100 °C. Therefore, the permeability coefficient of the FKM/LDH-Ca2Al nanocomposites is lower than that of FKM/GO/LDH-Ca2Al.

3.8. Mechanical Properties of FKM/LDH-Ca2Al and FKM/GO/LDH-Ca2Al Nanocomposites

The effect of LDH-Ca2Al and GO/LDH-Ca2Al on the mechanical properties of fluoroelastomers was quantified by determining the key mechanical parameters of the nanocomposites with different filler contents (5, 8, and 10 phr), including 100% modulus (E100), Shore A hardness, σb, and εb (Figure 10 and Table 5). The mechanical properties of the nanocomposites were significantly improved compared with those of FKM, and interestingly, the εb of the nanocomposites gradually increased with the content of nanofillers, in which the largest εb (εb > 287%, σb > 11.1 MPa) value was obtained for the 10 phr filled FKM/GO/LDH-Ca2Al nanocomposites. This finding can be attributed to the orientation arrangement of the nanofillers with two-dimensional layered structures in the complexes when subjected to force, leading to the stable transfer of stress inside the material [9]. In addition, FKM/GO/LDH-Ca2Al nanocomposites exhibit superior mechanical properties to FKM/LDH-Ca2Al nanocomposites, in which σb, and εb increased by approximately 25% and 12% (Table 5) because of the strong interfacial interaction between GO/LDH-Ca2Al and the polymer matrix, which promotes the efficient transfer of stress from the polymer matrix to GO/LDH-Ca2Al, consistent with the results described by the phenomenological interaction parameters (Table 3) [19].

4. Conclusions

In this paper, the CO2 gas barrier and mechanical properties of nanocomposites filled with Ca/Al layered hydroxide modified by GO (GO/LDH-Ca2Al) were investigated. The GO/LDH-Ca2Al nanocomposite filler was prepared by depositing LDH-Ca2Al on the surface of alkalized graphene oxide (Al-GO). This nanocomposite filler has good thermal stability compared with the pristine LDH-Ca2Al, and the temperature of the stripped interlayer water increased by nearly 43 °C. At the same time, its CO2-resistant stability was significantly improved, and almost no carbonate generation occurred at 80 °C and 4.3 MPa pure carbon dioxide environment, resulting in low CO2 reactivity. The barrier mechanism of modified and unmodified LDH-Ca2Al-filled nanocomposites to carbon dioxide was also proposed, and the diffusion activation energy and solubility activation energy of the nanocomposites consisted of three components: (1) H S 0 and E D 0 , which were determined by the nature of the matrix; (2) H s f and E D f due to packing effect; and (3) the compound effect H s c and reaction activation energy E D c . In the nanocomposites, the multilayer stacked LDH-Ca2Al acts as a CO2 gas barrier to form a distorted diffusion path, and this effect induces an activation energy of E D 0 . Considering the pro-CO2 multilayer structure and strong chemical reactivity of LDH-Ca2Al, it provides the opportunity for CO2 intercalation and reaction, resulting in the reaction activation energy of E D c . These two factors led to an increase in the diffusion activation energy of FKM/LDH-Ca2Al nanocomposites by approximately 42.5%. The solubility activation energy of FKM/GO/LDH-Ca2Al nanocomposites increased by approximately 3.8 KJ/mol compared with that of FKM/LDH-Ca2Al nanocomposites, which was caused by the compound effect of GO and LDH-Ca2Al. This phenomenon explains the existence of strong interfacial interactions between GO/LDH-Ca2Al and the polymer matrix, thus reducing the CO2 adsorption effect on the nanofiller surface. The permeability coefficients of the nanocomposites to CO2 gradually decreased, and the mechanical properties (Shore A, σb, and εb) were significantly improved with the increase in nanofiller content. The best CO2 permeation resistance and mechanical properties were obtained for the FKM/GO/LDH-Ca2Al nanocomposites due to the strong interfacial interactions between GO/LDH-Ca2Al and FKM.

Supplementary Materials

The following supporting information can be downloaded at https://www.mdpi.com/article/10.3390/polym15204151/s1. Figure S1: SEM images of GO; Figure S2: TGA-DTG curves of GO.

Author Contributions

C.C.: Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Resources, Writing—Review and Editing. D.P.: Methodology, Visualization, Investigation, Validation, Writing—Original Draft. Q.L.: Visualization, Investigation. M.Y.: Visualization, Investigation. X.M.: Visualization, supervision. Q.Z.: Formal analysis, Writing—Review and Editing, Supervision. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.

Funding

This study was supported financially by the China National Key R&D Program “Key Technology Research on Non-metallic Non-bonded Flexible Mixing Pipe for Deep Sea Mining” (2022YFC2803700): Topic 2 “Research and Development of Key Materials for Non-metallic Flexible Mixing Pipe for Deep Sea Mining” (2022YFC2803702).

Institutional Review Board Statement

Not applicable.

Data Availability Statement

The data presented in this study are available on request from the corresponding author.

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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Scheme 1. Preparation flow of GO/LDH-Ca2Al nanocomposite fillers.
Scheme 1. Preparation flow of GO/LDH-Ca2Al nanocomposite fillers.
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Figure 1. IR spectra of GO, Al-GO, LDH-Ca2Al, GO/LDH-Ca2Al, S-LDH-Ca2Al, and S-GO/LDH-Ca2Al.
Figure 1. IR spectra of GO, Al-GO, LDH-Ca2Al, GO/LDH-Ca2Al, S-LDH-Ca2Al, and S-GO/LDH-Ca2Al.
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Figure 2. (a) XRD of GO, LDH-Ca2Al, and GO/LDH-Ca2Al and (b) localized enlargement near (003) of LDH-Ca2Al and GO/LDH-Ca2Al.
Figure 2. (a) XRD of GO, LDH-Ca2Al, and GO/LDH-Ca2Al and (b) localized enlargement near (003) of LDH-Ca2Al and GO/LDH-Ca2Al.
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Figure 3. SEM images of (a) LDH-Ca2Al and (b) GO/LDH-Ca2Al.
Figure 3. SEM images of (a) LDH-Ca2Al and (b) GO/LDH-Ca2Al.
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Figure 4. TEM of (a) GO, (c) LDH-Ca2Al, and (e) GO/LDH-Ca2Al (red circles—LDH-Ca2Al), (b) SAED diagrams of GO, and (d) lattice fringes of LDH-Ca2Al and (f) GO/LDH-Ca2Al with SAED plots inset in the lower left corner.
Figure 4. TEM of (a) GO, (c) LDH-Ca2Al, and (e) GO/LDH-Ca2Al (red circles—LDH-Ca2Al), (b) SAED diagrams of GO, and (d) lattice fringes of LDH-Ca2Al and (f) GO/LDH-Ca2Al with SAED plots inset in the lower left corner.
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Figure 5. (a) DSC curves of GO, LDH-Ca2Al, and GO/LDH-Ca2Al and (b) TGA-DTG curves of LDH-Ca2Al, S-LDH-Ca2Al, GO/LDH-Ca2Al, and S-GO/LDH-Ca2Al.
Figure 5. (a) DSC curves of GO, LDH-Ca2Al, and GO/LDH-Ca2Al and (b) TGA-DTG curves of LDH-Ca2Al, S-LDH-Ca2Al, GO/LDH-Ca2Al, and S-GO/LDH-Ca2Al.
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Figure 6. (a) XRD of S-LDH-Ca2Al, S-GO/LDH-Ca2Al, and (b) localized enlargement near (003) of LDH-Ca2Al and GO/LDH-Ca2Al. (c) SEM of S-LDH-Ca2Al, and (d) S-GO/LDH-Ca2Al.
Figure 6. (a) XRD of S-LDH-Ca2Al, S-GO/LDH-Ca2Al, and (b) localized enlargement near (003) of LDH-Ca2Al and GO/LDH-Ca2Al. (c) SEM of S-LDH-Ca2Al, and (d) S-GO/LDH-Ca2Al.
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Figure 7. SEM images of (a) FKM/LDH-Ca2Al-8 and (b) FKM/GO/LDH-Ca2Al-8, (c,d) DMA of FKM, LDH-Ca2Al-8, and GO/LDH-Ca2Al-8, and (e) Crosslink density of FKM/LDH-Ca2Al and FKM/GO/LDH-Ca2Al with different filler parts.
Figure 7. SEM images of (a) FKM/LDH-Ca2Al-8 and (b) FKM/GO/LDH-Ca2Al-8, (c,d) DMA of FKM, LDH-Ca2Al-8, and GO/LDH-Ca2Al-8, and (e) Crosslink density of FKM/LDH-Ca2Al and FKM/GO/LDH-Ca2Al with different filler parts.
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Figure 8. (a) Solubility ( S ), (b) diffusion coefficient ( D ), and (c) permeability coefficient ( Q ) of FKM, FKM/GO/LDH-Ca2Al, and FKM/LDH-Ca2Al as a function of filler content.
Figure 8. (a) Solubility ( S ), (b) diffusion coefficient ( D ), and (c) permeability coefficient ( Q ) of FKM, FKM/GO/LDH-Ca2Al, and FKM/LDH-Ca2Al as a function of filler content.
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Figure 9. (a) Diffusion coefficients ( D ), (b) solubility ( S ), and (c) permeability coefficients ( Q ) as a function of temperature for FKM, FKM/GO/LDH-Ca2Al-8, and FKM/LDH-Ca2Al-8.
Figure 9. (a) Diffusion coefficients ( D ), (b) solubility ( S ), and (c) permeability coefficients ( Q ) as a function of temperature for FKM, FKM/GO/LDH-Ca2Al-8, and FKM/LDH-Ca2Al-8.
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Figure 10. (a) Fracture strength (σb) and strain (εb). (b) stress–strain curves of FKM, FKM/LDH-Ca2Al, and FKM/GO/LDH-Ca2Al nanocomposites.
Figure 10. (a) Fracture strength (σb) and strain (εb). (b) stress–strain curves of FKM, FKM/LDH-Ca2Al, and FKM/GO/LDH-Ca2Al nanocomposites.
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Table 1. FKM nanocomposites formulation.
Table 1. FKM nanocomposites formulation.
SamplesFKM 246LUPEROX 101XL-50TAICLDH-Ca2Al aGO/LDH-Ca2Al a
FKM10055
FKM/LDH-Ca2Al-51005555
FKM/LDH-Ca2Al-8100558
FKM/LDH-Ca2Al-101005510
FKM/GO/LDH-Ca2Al-510055 5
FKM/GO/LDH-Ca2Al-810055 8
FKM/GO/LDH-Ca2Al-1010055 10
a The densities of the materials FKM 246, LDH-Ca2Al, and GO/LDH-Ca2Al are 1.86, 1.65, and 2.01 g/cm3, respectively.
Table 2. Contents of CaCO3 in LDH-Ca2Al, GO/LDH-Ca2Al, S-LDH-Ca2Al, and S-GO/LDH-Ca2Al a.
Table 2. Contents of CaCO3 in LDH-Ca2Al, GO/LDH-Ca2Al, S-LDH-Ca2Al, and S-GO/LDH-Ca2Al a.
SampleContent (CaCO3) (%)
LDH-Ca2Al0.23
GO/LDH-Ca2Al5.97
S-LDH-Ca2Al59.94
S-GO/LDH-Ca2Al2.37
a XRD data of LDH-Ca2Al, GO/LDH-Ca2Al, S-LDH-Ca2Al, and S-GO/LDH-Ca2Al were obtained via fine-tuning by using FullProf 2023.2 software.
Table 3. Phenomenological interaction parameter ( B ), t a n   δ m ,   t a n   δ , Tg, and φ of FKM, FKM/LDH-Ca2Al-8, and FKM/GO/LDH-Ca2Al-8.
Table 3. Phenomenological interaction parameter ( B ), t a n   δ m ,   t a n   δ , Tg, and φ of FKM, FKM/LDH-Ca2Al-8, and FKM/GO/LDH-Ca2Al-8.
Sample
t a n δ m
t a n δ
φ (%)
B
Tg (°C)
FKM1.480---3.3
FKM/LDH-Ca2Al-8-1.3968.2540.4874.9
FKM/GO/LDH-Ca2Al-8-1.4046.880.5285.6
Table 4. Activation energy of D and S of FKM, FKM/LDH-Ca2Al-8, and FKM/GO/LDH-Ca2Al-8.
Table 4. Activation energy of D and S of FKM, FKM/LDH-Ca2Al-8, and FKM/GO/LDH-Ca2Al-8.
SampleActivation Energy of D(ΔE) aActivation Energy of S(ΔH) a
D 0  b E D 0 E D f E D c S 0  c H S 0 H s f H s c
FKM2.6 × 10−2−52.8--1.8 × 10−1144.5--
FKM/LDH-Ca2Al-81.0 × 10−6−25.222.45.22.2 × 10−644.5−32.2-
FKM/GO/LDH-Ca2Al-87.7 × 10−6−30.422.4-4.7 × 10−744.5−32.23.8
a the unit of activation energy is KJ/mol. b  D 0 and c  S 0 are the dimensionless constants.
Table 5. Mechanical properties of FKM, FKM/LDH-Ca2Al, and FKM/GO/LDH-Ca2Al complexes.
Table 5. Mechanical properties of FKM, FKM/LDH-Ca2Al, and FKM/GO/LDH-Ca2Al complexes.
Sample100% Modulus, E100(MPa)Tensile Strength, σb (MPa)Strain at Break, εb (%)Shore A Hardness
FKM1.5 ± 0.19.6 ± 1.1251 ± 1750 ± 1
FKM/LDH-Ca2Al-52.1 ± 0.27.3 ± 0.2215 ± 1855 ± 1
FKM/LDH-Ca2Al-82.3 ± 0.089.9 ± 1.1260 ± 1956 ± 1
FKM/LDH-Ca2Al-102.4 ± 0.0310.8 ± 0.6254 ± 858 ± 1
FKM/GO/LDH-Ca2Al-52.3 ± 0.019.2 ± 0.5238 ± 1055 ± 1
FKM/GO/LDH-Ca2Al-82.2 ± 0.0310.6 ± 0.8270 ± 1256 ± 1
FKM/GO/LDH-Ca2Al-102.4 ± 0.0811.1 ± 0.6287 ± 857 ± 1
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