Dispersion Stability and Surface Morphology Study of Electrochemically Exfoliated Bilayer Graphene Oxide
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift, 2019

During the last decade, electrochemical exfoliation of graphite has aroused great interest from both academia and industry for mass production of graphene sheets. Electrochemically exfoliated graphene oxide (EGO) features a much better tunability than chemically EGO, or even than graphene obtained with ultrasonic exfoliation. Chemical and electrical properties of EGO can be modified extensively, thanks to its step-controllable oxidation process, varying the electrolytes and/or the applied potential. It is thus possible, using tunable electrochemical oxidation, to produce low-defect EGO sheets, featuring both good electric conductivity and good dispersibility in common solvents (e.g., acetonitrile or isopropanol). This greatly facilitates its application in several fields, for example, in flexible electronics. In this work, we correlate the dispersion behavior of EGO with its chemical properties using the relative Hansen solubility parameter, zeta potential values, X-ray photoemission spectroscopy, and Raman analysis. A surface morphology study by atomic force microscopy and transmission electron microscopy analyses also reveals that EGO sheets are multiple structures of (partially oxidized) graphene bilayers. Conductive EGO films could be easily prepared by vacuum filtration on different substrates, obtaining electrical conductivity values of up to ∼104 S/m with no need for further reduction procedures.

Författare

Zhenyuan Xia

Chalmers, Industri- och materialvetenskap, Material och tillverkning

Istituto per la Sintesi Organica e la Fotoreattività (ISOF-CNR)

Giulio Maccaferri

Universita Degli Studi Di Modena E Reggio Emilia

Istituto per la Sintesi Organica e la Fotoreattività (ISOF-CNR)

Chiara Zanardi

Universita Degli Studi Di Modena E Reggio Emilia

Istituto per la Sintesi Organica e la Fotoreattività (ISOF-CNR)

Meganne Christian

Istituto per la Microelettronica e Microsistemi

Luca Ortolani

Istituto per la Microelettronica e Microsistemi

V. Morandi

Istituto per la Microelettronica e Microsistemi

Vittorio Bellani

Universita degli studi di Pavia

Alessandro Kovtun

Istituto per la Sintesi Organica e la Fotoreattività (ISOF-CNR)

Simone Dell'Elce

Istituto per la Sintesi Organica e la Fotoreattività (ISOF-CNR)

Andrea Candini

Istituto per la Sintesi Organica e la Fotoreattività (ISOF-CNR)

A. Liscio

Istituto per la Microelettronica e Microsistemi

Istituto per la Sintesi Organica e la Fotoreattività (ISOF-CNR)

Vincenzo Palermo

Chalmers, Industri- och materialvetenskap, Material och tillverkning

Istituto per la Sintesi Organica e la Fotoreattività (ISOF-CNR)

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

1932-7447 (ISSN) 1932-7455 (eISSN)

Vol. 123 24 15122-15130

Janus-like, Asymmetric graphene Nanosheets for Ultrafiltration and Sieving.

Vetenskapsrådet (VR) (2017-04456), 2018-01-01 -- 2021-12-31.

Ämneskategorier

Oorganisk kemi

Fysikalisk kemi

Annan fysik

Styrkeområden

Materialvetenskap

DOI

10.1021/acs.jpcc.9b03395

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2019-07-17