The acrylic pressure sensitive adhesives (PSAs) have good adhesion properties and can adhere to different substrates, which makes them a good candidate for use in electric vehicles for fixing battery packs. But it has some limitations, as general PSAs...
The acrylic pressure sensitive adhesives (PSAs) have good adhesion properties and can adhere to different substrates, which makes them a good candidate for use in electric vehicles for fixing battery packs. But it has some limitations, as general PSAs have very low glass transition temperatures (Tg) and low impact resistance. To increase these properties, we adopted two techniques in this study. First, the feed composition of monomers 2-ethylhexyl acrylate (2-EHA) and acrylic acid (AA) was changed, where AA feed compositions were 5-15%. Then curing agents containing epoxy and isocyanate groups react with the carboxylic group to produce the crosslinking structure. The highest Tg and thermal properties were observed in the copolymer composition where 15% of AA and 1 wt% of epoxy curing agent were used. However, the lowest peel strength was observed for this composition because of the high crosslinking density. Furthermore, three generic PSAs were synthesized from 2-ethylhexyl acrylate (2-EHA), acrylic acid (AA), isobornyl acrylate (IBXA) and hydroxyethyl methacrylate (HEMA) in this study by adjusting the monomer feed ratio to keep the glass transition temperature below -32 °C. In addition, to reduce Tg, we utilized epoxy crosslinkers. Because adhesion properties decreased as the glass transition temperature increased, we utilized three types of tackifiers to improve adherence. Finally, impact modifiers were used to investigate the compatibility in acrylic PSA. The acrylic copolymers and modified PSAs were characterized by FT-IR, H-NMR, DSC, TGA, contact angle, 180⁰ peel strength, shear holding power and impact resistance tests to determine adhesion properties.