Abstract:Abstract: The effect of cellulose nano-fibrils (CNF) on the properties of electrolytic capacitor paper was studied by using unbleached sulphate softwood pulp as raw material. Based on the PAGE equation, the effect of adding CNF and increasing beating degree on the relative bonding area (RBA) was further investigated. Finally, the influence of CNF on the electrical properties of electrolytic capacitor paper was researched in details. The results indicated that the addition of CNF has obvious influence on the tightness, air permeability and tensile index of electrolytic capacitor paper. CNF can increase the tightness and tensile strenght, and decrease the air permeability, but the effect of CNF decreased with increasing the beating degree. Based on the PAGE equation, the increase of the beating degree and the addition of a small amount of CNF can increase the RBA of the paper. Considering the high tightness and low air permeability requirements of electrolytic capacitor paper, as well as the energy saving of beating and CNF cost, the optimal condition was decided as follows: the beating degree is 80°SR, and the CNF dosage is 2%. Under this condition, the tensile index reaches to 76.00 N·m·g-1, the tightness is 0.80 g·cm-3, and the air permeability is 0.233 μm·Pa·s-1; the dielectric constant is 1.21, the dielectric loss is 0.037, and the field penetration is 15.13 kV·mm-1 under the power frequency. |