Self-healing fiber ceramic matrix composite - SAFER

Project summary

SAFER aims to research and develop a family of non-oxide ceramic matrix composites (CMC) with self-healing abilities. Since monolithic ceramics are brittle, their application is rather limited. With embedded carbon fibres, ceramics behave more ductile and have a high temperature resistance. Within SAFER, this outstanding material is further functionalised with carbon nano structures, to enhance its mechanical properties as well as generate self-healing. The production is done in a large-scale injection moulding pro-cess followed by a pyrolysis and LSI process. Furthermore, recycled material should be fed back into the process, to reduce the CO2 footprint and production cost. The project will be monitored by LCA to deter-mine the impact on the environment and adapt the research if necessary. The fibre ceramic does not emit any fine dust in friction applications and as brake on a car it lasts its entire life. Besides, the material can be used in energy generation,e.g. in hydrogen engines