Highly conductive interconnected graphene foam based polymer composite

被引:62
作者
Jun, Yun-Seok [1 ]
Sy, Serubbabel [1 ]
Ahn, Wook [1 ]
Zarrin, Hadis [1 ]
Rasen, Lathankan [1 ]
Tjandra, Ricky [1 ]
Amoli, Behnam Meschi [1 ]
Zhao, Boxin [1 ]
Chiu, Gordon [2 ]
Yu, Aiping [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Waterloo, Dept Chem Engn, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada
[2] Grafoid Inc, Ottawa, ON K1P 5G4, Canada
基金
加拿大自然科学与工程研究理事会;
关键词
Interconnected; Graphene; Foam; Three-dimensional; Conductivity; RAMAN-SPECTROSCOPY; CARBON;
D O I
10.1016/j.carbon.2015.08.079
中图分类号
O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
学科分类号
070304 ; 081704 ;
摘要
In this study, the impact of graphene sheet size on the electrical conductivity of interconnected graphene foam polymer composite is thoroughly investigated. Graphene oxide solution is produced from small flake graphite (SFG) (2-15 mu m) and large flake graphite (LFG) (>100 mu m), respectively. Each solution is used to produce three-dimensional GO foam, which is subsequently heat-treated to produce reduced graphene oxide (RGO) foam. The RGO foams are then infiltrated with poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS) to produce graphene-PDMS (G-PDMS) composites. The in-plane electrical conductivity of the G-PDMS composite (0.4 wt%) from LFG reaches similar to 3.2 S/m, which is more than two orders of magnitude greater than that of G-PDMS (1.9 wt%, 1.4 x 10(-2) S/m) from SFG. This value is also four orders of magnitude higher than that of the G-PDMS composite prepared from mechanical mixing of 4 wt% RGO powder made from SFG with PDMS (4.2 x 10(-5) S/m). The though-plane electrical conductivity followed the same trend for SFG and LFG. This reveals that the interconnected graphene foam supplies more efficient paths for electron transfer inside the polymer than conventional graphene powder and the use of large sized graphene sheets can significantly improve the electrical properties of G-PDMS. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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页码:653 / 658
页数:6
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