Comparative XRD, Raman, and TEM Study on
Carbon fibers, obtained by carbonizing poly(pphenylene benzobisoxazole) (PBO) fibers at 900 #176;C, graphitize extensively upon heat treatment at higher temperatures (2700 #176;C). In this work, XRD, Raman spectroscopy, and HRTEM are used to monitor the structural and nanostructural transformations of the carbon material under heattreatment at several temperatures in the interval #176;C