This invention discloses a method for preparing conductive PET
fiber. The invention relates to the field of functional chemical
fiber preparation technology. The method involves copolymerizing bis(2-hydroxyethyl) disulfide (HEDS, 2-5 mol% of the total
molar amount of diols) with
terephthalic acid and
ethylene glycol to prepare disulfide-modified PET (SS-PET). TiO2@ATO conductive
whiskers (
aspect ratio not less than 20, whiteness index not less than 80) are treated with a
titanate coupling agent and then melt-blended with SS-PET to prepare ATO-SS-PET composite
masterbatch. High-
viscosity pure PET is used as the core layer, and ATO-SS-PET
composite material is used as the sheath layer (
whisker content 5-12 wt%), with a core-sheath
mass ratio of 60:40-80:20. The finished
fiber is obtained through core-sheath composite
melt spinning, multi-stage hot roller stretching, and high-temperature, high-pressure
dyeing with disperse dyes. During the
dyeing process, the disulfide bonds in the sheath are dynamically exchanged at 125–135℃, which drives the stretched and disassembled conductive
whiskers to re-randomize and re-align, and the three-dimensional conductive
permeation network is self-repaired and rebuilt in situ.