In this report, the preparation of controlled epoxy thermosets containing varying amounts of excess epoxy resin having essentially complete excess epoxy conversion is described.
The curing process was optimized to achieve a total epoxy conversion and the chemical structure of the networks was characterized by Raman and Infrared spectroscopies.
As a consequence, the higher level of crosslinking of the VER component in the IPN reduced the maximum isothermal conversion of the epoxy component during its isothermal cure.
And for different operating temperatures, the maximum conversion efficiency and maximum stress level of TE materials are also investigated, individually.
Maximum phenol conversion was of 35.1%.
The maximum Raman conversion efficiency reaches 40%.
Following optimization, the maximum power conversion efficiency (PCE) exceeded 8.1%%.
The maximum NOx conversion was obtained at 400 °C.
A maximum CO conversion of 85.62% and a maximum sulfate reduction of 50.65% were achieved.
The cell with minimum internal resistance and maximum carrier life time had maximum power conversion efficiency.
