Preparation of cellulose–graphene oxide aerogels with N‐methyl morpholine‐N‐oxide as a solvent |
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| Authors: | Shuang Zhou Li Zhou Ying Li He Li Hui Yang Wenjiang Li Rony Snyders |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Key Laboratory of Display Materials and Photoelectric Devices, School of Materials Science and Engineering, School of Chemical and Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin, People's Republic of China;2. Taizhou Branch, Zhejiang–California International Nanosystems Institute, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China;3. Taizhou Branch, Zhejiang–California International Nanosystems Institute, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, People's Republic of ChinaFei Xie and Wenjiang Li have contributed equally to the work.;4. Chimie des Interactions Plasma‐Surface, University of Mons, 20 Place du Parc, Mons, Belgium |
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| Abstract: | Cellulose–graphene oxide (GO) aerogel composites were successfully prepared from cellulose and GO dispersed in N‐methyl morpholine‐N‐oxide monohydrate, a nontoxic and environmentally friendly solvent, after a freeze‐drying process. Because of the strong interactions between the numerous oxygen‐containing groups located on the surface of GO and the functional groups of the cellulose molecules, the GO monolayers were well dispersed in the three‐dimensional porous structure of the cellulose aerogels. With the addition of 10 wt % GO, the swelling ratios and water contents of the composite cellulose–GO aerogels increased from 468 to 706% and from 82.4% to 87.6%, respectively. The corresponding maximum decomposition temperatures also increased from 335 to 353 °C with increasing GO content from 0 to 10%; this indicated that the thermal stability of the cellulose–GO aerogels was enhanced. © 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 2018 , 135, 46152. |
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| Keywords: | cellulose and other wood products gels graphene and fullerenes nanotubes |
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