Phenolic resin is a widely used synthetic resin

including thermoset and thermoplastic resins. It has extraordinary flame

heat and corrosion resistance. Phenolic fiber is crosslinked fiber made of phenolic resin. The traditional preparation methods of phenolic fiber are melt spinning and wet spinning

and then electrospinning method appeared recently. According to the types of phenolic resin

this article introduces the research progress respectively in electrospinning of thermoset

thermoplastic and composite of thermoplastic/thermoset phenolic resin. In terms of improving the properties of phenolic fiber

four kinds of electrospinning methods of preparing phenolic fiber were introduced

including adding inorganic salts

curing by microwave radiation

curing by stepwise non-uniform heating rate

and modifying by graphene oxide. In addition

the research of our lab on preparation of phenolic fiber using melt electrospinning was also summarized. The existing problems and future development of phenolic fiber were pointed out.