The Influence of Lateral Size and Oxidation of Graphene Oxide on Its Chemical Reduction and Electrical Conductivity of Reduced Graphene Oxide

The chemical reduction efficiencies of graphene oxide (GO) are critically important in achieving graphene-like properties in reduced graphene oxide (rGO). In this study, we assessed GO lateral size and its degree of oxidation effect on its chemical reduction efficiency in both suspension and film and the electrical conductivity of the corresponding rGO films. We show that while GO-reduction efficiency increases with the GO size of lower oxidation in suspension, the trend is opposite for film. FESEM, XRD, and Raman analyses reveal that the GO reduction efficiency in film is affected not only by GO size and degree of oxidation but also by its interlayer spacing (restacking) and the efficiency is tunable based on the use of mixed GO. Moreover, we show that the electrical conductivity of rGO films depends linearly on the C/O and Raman I_D/I_G ratio of rGO and not the lateral size of GO. In this study, an optimal chemical reduction was achieved using premixed large and small GO (L/SGO) at a ratio of 3:1 (w/w). Consequently, the highest electrical conductivity of 85,283 S/m was achieved out of all rGO films reported so far. We hope that our findings may help to pave the way for a simple and scalable method to fabricate tunable, electrically conductive rGO films for electronic applications.     

聚吡咯/氧化石墨烯层状复合材料的制备及其在超级电容器中的应用(英文)

通过将吡咯单体在低温下与氧化石墨烯进行原位聚合,获得聚吡咯/石墨烯(Ppy/CRGO)复合材料.采用场发射电子显微镜(FESEM)、红外(FT-IR)和热重分析(TGA)对复合物的表面形貌、结构进行表征.FESEM结果表明,通过控制氧化石墨烯(GO)和吡咯单体的质量比例,可以对复合物的层状和厚度进行调控.FT-IR和TGA结果表明,聚吡咯(Ppy)是通过化学键合的方式与氧化石墨烯复合在一起.通过机械冷压法将粉末状Ppy/CRGO复合物压成圆片电极,并探讨了石墨烯和聚吡咯复合比例、反应时间、烘干温度和孔隙率等因素对Ppy/CRGO复合物电极的电学和电化学性能的影响.结果表明,Ppy与CRGO质量比为10∶1所制得的Ppy/CRGO复合物的电容量为421 F·g-1,通过在电极中引入孔隙,电容量能进一步提升为509 F·g-1.     

氧化石墨烯水热还原前后的发光光谱

分别采用改进Hummers方法和水热还原法制备了氧化石墨烯(GO)和还原氧化石墨烯(RGO)。 GO和RGO经透射电子显微镜(TEM)、紫外-可见吸收光谱(UV-Vis)、红外光谱(IR)、荧光发射和激发光谱(PL、PLE)等技术手段进行了表征。 荧光发射光谱显示,氧化石墨烯(GO)在可见光的激发下可以得到波长在600~800 nm范围内的宽谱近红外荧光。 通过比较氧化石墨烯水热还原前后的光谱变化,发现氧化石墨烯近红外荧光起源于氧化石墨烯的表面含氧基团,如C=O、COOH。 近红外荧光穿透性好、对生物组织损坏小,非常适合于生物成像,预示着氧化石墨烯在生物成像方面的应用潜力。     

具有高效电化学储能的中空网状笼还原氧化石墨烯

通过ZnO模板辅助电沉积法制备了中空网状笼还原氧化石墨烯,具有纳米管、多孔结构、网状结构和3D微米中空笼等多层次架构. 这样的结构能够同时促进电化学活性物种的传输,提高电极材料的利用率,以及提升超级电容器性能. 该类中空网状笼还原氧化石墨烯做超级充电器电极材料时表现出了优良的电化学性能,研究结果显示,在1.0 A•g^-1时比电容达到393 F•g^-1. 而且当电流密度从1.0 A•g^-1增加到20 A•g^-1,电容仅衰减了21.2%,10000周循环后比电容损失小于1%,表明具有优异的电容稳定性.     

Hydrothermal Self-assembly Synthesis of Mn3O4Reduced Graphene Oxide Hydrogel and Its High Electrochemical Performance for Supercapacitors

In the present work Mn3O4/reduced graphene oxide hydrogel （Mn3O4-rGOH） with three dimensional （3D） networks was fabricated by a hydrothermal self-assembly route. The morphology, composition, and microstructure of the as-obtained samples were characterized using powder X-ray diffraction （XRD）, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy （XPS）, thermogravimetry analysis （TG）, atomic absorption spectrometry （AAS）, field emission scanning electron microscopy （FESEM） and transmission electron microscope （TEM）. Moreover, the electrochemical behaviors were evaluated by cyclic voltammogram （CV）, galvanostatic charge-discharge and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy （EIS）. The test results indicated that the hydrogel with 6.9% Mn3O4 achieved specific capacitance of 148 F.g^-1 at a specific current of 1 A.g^-1, and showed excellent cycling stabilily with no decay after 1200 cycles. In addition, its specific capacitance could retain 70% even at 20 A.g^- 1 in comparison with that at 1 A.g ^-1 and the operating window was up to 1.8 V in a neutral electrolyte.     

石墨烯-聚苯胺类超级电容器复合电极材料

聚苯胺理论比容量高、易合成,是一种理想的电极材料,但其循环寿命差,而石墨烯具有高的理论比表面积,将二者复合,充分利用两者之间的协同效应,能够使复合材料具有优异的电化学电容性能。本文回顾了近几年石墨烯-聚苯胺纳米复合材料在超级电容器中的最新研究结果及其制备方法,并对如何优化电极的结构与性能进行讨论,同时介绍了石墨烯-聚苯胺类电极材料在有机超级电容器中的应用进展,最后对石墨烯-聚苯胺复合材料的前景进行了展望。超级电容器用石墨烯-聚苯胺纳米复合材料的发展取决于其合理的微观结构设计,构建理想的三维多孔结构以避免聚苯胺的膨胀与收缩现象是研究的方向之一,此外,在改善石墨烯和聚苯胺间弱的界面相互作用的同时寻求石墨烯性能与功能化的平衡仍是难点,机械性能优异的聚苯胺纳米复合材料对于柔性全固态超级电容器的研究也会起到关键作用。     

三维还原氧化石墨烯/聚苯胺复合材料的制备及其超级电容性能

以制备的氧化石墨凝胶和聚苯胺纳米线为原料, 将二者按一定的质量比进行混合超声分散, 再以混合分散液为前驱体采用一步水热法制备得到三维还原氧化石墨烯(RGO)/聚苯胺(PANI) (RGP)复合材料, 采用扫描电镜(SEM), 透射电镜(TEM), X射线衍射(XRD), 傅里叶变换红外(FT-IR)光谱, X射线光电子能谱(XPS)和电化学测试等分析研究了复合材料的形貌、结构和超级电容性能. 结果表明, 复合材料既保持了还原氧化石墨烯的基本形貌, 又能使聚苯胺较好地镶嵌在还原氧化石墨烯的网状结构中; 且当氧化石墨与聚苯胺的质量比为1:1时复合材料在0.5 A·g^-1电流密度下比电容可高达758 F·g^-1, 即使在大电流密度(30 A·g^-1)下其比容量仍高达400 F·g^-1,在1A·g^-1电流密度下循环1000次后比容量保持率为86%, 表现出了良好的倍率性能和循环稳定性, 其超级电容性能远优于单纯的还原氧化石墨烯和聚苯胺, 其优异的超级电容性能可归咎于二者的相互协同作用.     

超级电容器用石墨烯/金属氧化物复合材料

超级电容器是一种具有高功率密度和长循环寿命的新型储能装置,碳材料、金属氧化物和导电聚合物是常见的三种超级电容器电极材料。在石墨烯/金属氧化物复合材料中,石墨烯和金属氧化物可以发挥各自的优点,结合石墨烯优异的循环稳定性能和金属氧化物的高容量特性,纳米复合材料的综合性能可以得到很大地提升。因此,石墨烯/金属氧化物复合物的研究是超级电容器领域的热点研究方向之一。本文以金属氧化物的种类、石墨烯的结构和复合物的制备方法为线索,综述了国内外应用于超级电容器方面的石墨烯/金属氧化物复合材料的研究进展,归纳总结出与石墨烯复合最优的金属氧化物类型和制备方法,并进一步对该类复合材料的发展趋势进行了展望。     

Radical Chain Polymerization Catalyzed by Graphene Oxide and Cooperative Hydrogen Bonding

Graphene oxide (GO) is effective in catalyzing a wide variety of organic reactions and a few types of polymerization reactions. No radical chain polymerizations catalyzed by GO have been reported. In this article, we probe the catalytic role and acceleration effect of GO for self‐initiated radical chain polymerizations of acrylic acid (AA) in the presence of GO and a pre‐existing polymer, poly(N‐vinylpyrrolidone) (PVP), from a calorimetric perspective. Gelation experiments and DSC studies show that GO can function as a catalyst to accelerate the radical chain polymerization of AA. Isothermal polymerization kinetic data shows that the addition of GO diminishes the induction periods and increases the polymerization rates, as indicated by the much enhanced overall kinetic rate constants and lowered activation energies. The catalytic effect of GO for the polymerization of AA is attributed to the acidity of GO and the hydrogen bonding interactions between GO and monomer molecules and/or polymers.

     

Electrosensing Platform for Varenicline Based on Reduced Graphene Oxide

Graphene oxide (GO) was synthesized and reduced by chemical, hydrothermal and electrochemical methods. The GO and reduced GO was characterized by XRD, FTIR, absorption, Raman, FESEM and AFM methods. Chemically reduced GO (CrGO) was observed to efficiently enhance the electron transfer kinetics of varenicline compared to hydrothermally and electrochemically reduced GO. Hence, CrGO was used for the fabrication of an electrochemical sensor for the determination of varenicline in the concentration range of 0.03–50 µM with a limit of detection of 7.03 nM. The applicability of the proposed sensor was demonstrated by analyzing the biological samples containing varenicline.     

Enhancing Hematite Photoanode Activity for Water Oxidation by Incorporation of Reduced Graphene Oxide

Two effective methods to prepare reduced graphene oxide (rGO)/hematite nanostructured photoanodes and their photoelectrochemical characterization towards water splitting reactions are presented. First, graphene oxide (GO) is reduced to rGO using hydrazine in a basic solution containing tetrabutylammonium hydroxide (TBAOH), and then deposited over the nanostructured hematite photoanodes previously treated at 750 °C for 30 min. The second method follows the deposition of a paste containing a mixture of hematite nanoparticles and rGO sheets by the doctor‐blade method, varying the rGO concentration. Since hematite suffers from low electron mobility, a low absorption coefficient, high recombination rates and slow reaction kinetics, the incorporation of rGO in the hematite can overcome such limitations due to graphene's exceptional properties. Using the first method, the rGO incorporation results in a photocurrent density increase from 0.56 to 0.82 mA cm^?2 at 1.23 V_RHE. Our results indicate that the rGO incorporation in the hematite photoanodes shows a positive effect in the reduction of the electron–hole recombination rate.     

In Situ Reduction of Graphene Oxide in Waterborne Polyurethane Matrix and the Healing Behavior of Nanocomposites by Multiple Ways

Smart polymers are advanced materials that continue to attract scientific community. In this work, self‐healing waterborne polyurethane/reduced graphene oxide (SHWPU/rGO) nanocomposites were prepared by in situ chemical reduction of graphene oxide in a waterborne polyurethane matrix. The chemical structure, morphology, thermal stability, mechanical property, and electrical conductivity of the SHWPU/rGO nanocomposites were characterized. The prepared SHWPU/rGO nanocomposites were further treated under heating, microwave radiating, and electrifying conditions to investigate their healing property. The results showed that chemical reduction of graphene oxide was achieved using hydrazine hydrate as a reducing agent and the rGO was well dispersed in the SHWPU matrix. The thermal stability and mechanical properties of SHWPU/rGO nanocomposites were significantly increased. The SHWPU/rGO nanocomposites can be healed via different methods including heating, microwave radiating, and electrifying. © 2018 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Polym. Sci., Part B: Polym. Phys. 2019 , 57, 202–209     

聚苯胺共价修饰的氧化石墨烯的合成及其光限幅性能

利用酰胺化反应将聚苯胺(PANI)共价接枝到氧化石墨烯(GO)的表面,得到的杂化材料GO-PANI能很好地分散在常见的有机溶剂中。样品的XPS谱和红外光谱数据证实了在GO和PANI之间存在酰胺键。在316nm激光激发下,PANI和GO-PANI分别在420nm和416nm处显示出很强的荧光峰。GO-PANI的最大发射峰相对于PANI的发射峰蓝移了4nm,且荧光强度增强。开孔Z-扫描实验结果表明:与PANI相比,GO和PANI的共价键合使材料在532nm激光辐照下表现出更大的非线性消光系数和三阶非线性极化率虚部值,光限幅性能明显增强。     

Effect of Graphene Characteristics on Morphology and Performance of Composite Noble Metal-Reduced Graphene Oxide SERS Substrate

Graphene/noble metal substrates for surface enhanced RAMAN scattering (SERS) possess synergistically improved performance, due to the strong chemical enhancement mechanism accounted to graphene and the electromagnetic mechanism raised from the metal nanoparticles. However, only the effect of noble metal nanoparticles characteristics on the SERS performance was studied so far. In attempts to bring a light to the effect of quality of graphene, in this work, two different graphene oxides were selected, slightly oxidized GOS (20%) with low aspect ratio (1000) and highly oxidized (50%) GOG with high aspect ratio (14,000). GO and precursors for noble metal nanoparticles (NP) simultaneous were reduced, resulting in rGO decorated with AgNPs and AuNPs. The graphene characteristics affected the size, shape, and packing of nanoparticles. The oxygen functionalities actuated as nucleation sites for AgNPs, thus GOG was decorated with higher number and smaller size AgNPs than GOS. Oppositely, AuNPs preferred bare graphene surface, thus GOS was covered with smaller size, densely packed nanoparticles, resulting in the best SERS performance. Fluorescein in concentration of 10⁻⁷ M was detected with enhancement factor of 82 × 10⁴. This work demonstrates that selection of graphene is additional tool toward powerful SERS substrates.     

Preparation of 3D MnO2/Polyaniline/Graphene Hybrid Material via Interfacial Polymerization as High‐Performance Supercapacitor Electrode

MnO₂/polyaniline/graphene composite as a supercapacitor electrode material was synthesized through an interfacial polymerization approach in the interface of oil/water phase. The as‐synthesized MPG is characterized by infrared spectroscopy, XRD, XPS, SEM and TEM, and its electrochemical performance is measured by cyclic voltammetry, galvanostatic charge/discharge, and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy. The 3D nanostructure of MPG and loose nanorod structure of polyaniline (PANI) coated with round MnO₂ pellets could be clearly observed. The maximum energy density of MPG is 45.4 Wh/kg (at a power density of 67.8 kW/kg) and the highest power density is 229.2 kW/kg (at an energy density of 25.7 Wh/kg). The capacitance retentions after 500 cycles at the scan rate of 5 mV/s for MGP composite and PANI/graphene are 70.4% and 59.1%, respectively, and the capacitance values after 500 cycles are 158.4 F/g and 114.8 F/g, respectively. The improved performance of MPG is due to the 3D nanostructure, loose nanorod structure of PANI and stable support of graphene, which prevent the mechanical deformation effectively during the fast charge/discharge process and facilitate the diffusion of the electrolyte ions into the inner region of active materials. The composite material is very promising for the next generation of high‐performance supercapacitors electrode.     

The Role of Oxidative Debris on Graphene Oxide Films

We study the effect of oxidative impurities on the properties of graphene oxide and on the graphene oxide Langmuir–Blodgett films (LB). The starting material was grupo Antolín nanofibers (GANF) and the oxidation process was a modified Hummers method to obtain highly oxidized graphene oxide. The purification procedure reported in this work eliminated oxidative impurities decreasing the thickness of the nanoplatelets. The purified material thus obtained presents an oxidation degree similar to that achieved by chemical reduction of the graphite oxide. The purified and non‐purified graphene oxides were deposited onto silicon by means of a Langmuir–Blodgett (LB) methodology. The morphology of the LB films was analyzed by field emission scanning microscopy (FE‐SEM) and micro‐Raman spectroscopy. Our results show that the LB films built by transferring Langmuir monolayers at the liquid‐expanded state of the purified material are constituted by close‐packed and non‐overlapped nanoplatelets. The isotherms of the Langmuir monolayer precursor of the LB films were interpreted according to the Volmer’s model.     

还原氧化石墨烯负载球形金属酞菁电催化阴极氧还原反应性能

针对阴极氧还原反应(ORR)动力学缓慢和Pt/C类贵金属催化剂成本高等关键难题,我们设计、合成了醛基取代的球形金属酞菁M2Pc2(TA)4(M=Zn、Co、Fe),采用"π-π组装"技术将其负载到还原氧化石墨烯(rGO)上得到复合催化剂M2Pc2(TA)4/rGO,并对其形貌和结构进行表征.结果 表明:通过"π-π堆积...