Preparation,characterization, and mechanical properties of polyacrylonitrile (PAN)/graphene oxide (GO) nanofibers

Abstract

Mostly, water filters are designed based on the steady state conditions “Laminar flow”, while the actual case is a turbulent flow as a result of chaotic changes in pressure and flow velocity, which can be lead to rapid failure thus decrease its service time. Also, the surface roughness of the synthesized filter was neglected, which has been classified as the main cause of shear failure. In this work, Polyacrylonitrile (PAN) nanofibers were enhanced by graphene oxide (GO) with different fractions in order to increase its performance, in terms of mechanical behavior. At the same time, GO was employed as a surface refining of the synthesized filter in order to decrease the friction between flow and filter surface thus delays the occurrence of shear failure. In this work, PAN/GO composite nanofibers were fabricated by electrospinning process. Different volume concentration of GO (0.05, 0.5, 1, and 1.5?wt%) have been investigated. PAN/GO composite nanofibers were characterized with scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR). As demonstrated by the results of tensile testing, mechanical properties of PAN can be effectively enhanced with the addition of GO filler. At 1?wt% of GO filler nanofibers membranes achieved 64.4% rise of tensile strength and 71.4% improvement of Young’s modulus.     

简捷水热法制备氟化石墨烯及其表征

氟化石墨烯是一种石墨烯衍生物,在润滑材料、电子器件等领域具有广阔的应用前景。采用回流搅拌并水热还原的方法制备氟化石墨烯,并在不加HF的情况下以同样的方式制备了水热还原的还原氧化石墨烯(rGO)。采用傅里叶变换红外光谱(FTIR)、X射线衍射(XRD)、拉曼光谱(Raman)、X射线光电子能谱(XPS)、透射电镜(TEM)等对样品进行形貌观测和表征。FTIR的结果表明氟化产物中含有C-F键和部分未完全还原的含氧基团;由XRD谱可以看出,产物晶型较差,其层间距和原料的性质有关;Raman谱证实了石墨烯的基本结构依然存在,但也存在大量缺陷,并且rGO比FGS的规整度略高;XPS谱表明样品表面有氟元素的存在,意味着FGS制备成功;TEM结果显示该样品为单层和少层。该方法操作简单、原料廉价易得、工艺要求不高,适用于批量生产氟化石墨烯。     

原位聚合PA11/GO纳米复合材料的流变性能研究

采用原位聚合法制备了PA11(尼龙11)/GO(GO)纳米复合材料,并采用XLY-Ⅱ型毛细管流变仪研究了共混物的流变特性。结果表明:PA11及其复合材料均为假塑性流体,呈现切力变稀的现象;非牛顿指数n均小于1。随着GO含量的增加,PA11/GO纳米复合材料的表观黏度升高,粘流活化能下降,表明共混材料的表观黏度对温度的敏感性降低,易于加工成型。     

Effect of reduced graphene oxide (rGO) on structural,optical, and dielectric properties of Mg(OH)2/rGO nanocomposites

In this paper, we report the synthesis of Mg(OH)₂ NPs and Mg(OH)₂–rGO nanocomposites (NCs) by microwave assisted co-precipitation method. The crystal phase, structural morphology and functional groups of the as-synthesized samples were analyzed by X-ray diffraction (XRD), Scanning electron microscopy (SEM), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR). Raman spectroscopy was used to study the defects in the samples. Raman spectroscopy and the SEM results validate the growth of Mg(OH)₂ NPs on the rGO nanosheets. The chemical composition of the prepared samples was analyzed by EDAX. Optical properties of the as-synthesized samples were studied by UV–visible spectroscopy and the energy band gap was calculated by Tauc relation which shows a decrease in band gap with an increase in the amount of Graphene Oxide (GO) in the NCs. The dielectric properties were studied as a function of frequency over a range of 50 Hz to 5 MHz at room temperature. The value of dielectric constant decreases with an increase in frequency, this could be due to the existence of a polarization process at the border of the rGO sheets and Mg(OH)₂ NPs. The value of dielectric loss shows a decreasing trend with an increase in frequency whereas the larger value of AC conductivity in Mg(OH)₂–rGO NCs as compared to Mg(OH)₂ NPs approves the restoration of sp² network in the graphene sheets.     

Graphene oxide (GO)-doping SnO2 flower-like structure to enhance photocatalytic activity

The GO/SnO₂ micronanostructure was synthesized by a simple and effective hydrothermal method. The combined characterization methods such as Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM), Transmission electron microscope (TEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), Element mapping, Energy Dispersive X-Ray Spectroscopy (EDX), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), the Raman spectroscopy, the Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET), photoluminescence (PL) the Ultraviolet–visible spectroscopy (UV-Vis) and Diffuse reflectance spectrum (DRS) indicated the successful formation of GO/SnO₂ micronanostructure. Moreover, the photocatalytic activity tested with RhB aqueous solution revealed that GO/SnO₂ had excellent photocatalytic properties compared with SnO₂. The photocatalytic efficiency of GO/SnO₂ was much higher (about 2.5 times) than that of pure SnO₂ under visible light irradiation. Based on these test results, we believe that the present work will provide some thoughts for further fabrication of other novel nanostructures and exploration of their applications.     

Graphene oxide (GO) doped CeO2 as potential enhancer of methyl orange degradation

In this article, a simple method for the synthesis of Graphene Oxide-Cerium oxide (GO/CeO₂) is carried out. The prepared sample was characterized in detail, such as scanning electron microscopy (SEM), Energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX), X-ray diffraction (XRD), Raman, Brunauer-Emmett-Teller technology N₂ adsorption-desorption analysis (BET), photoluminescence (PL) and UV-visible diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (DRS). It was indicated that GO was successfully incorporated into CeO₂. The photocatalytic mechanism of GO/CeO₂ was also explained. The MO solution catalyzed by CeO₂ and GO/CeO₂ was analyzed by a UV-visible spectrometer. The efficiency of GO/CeO₂ degrading methyl orange (MO) is improved from 50% to 87% compared to pure CeO₂ under the visible light. GO/CeO₂ exhibited better photocatalytic performance than CeO₂, which indicated GO doping improved the photocatalytic capacity of the CeO₂ catalyst. It may have potential applications in addressing environmental wastewater.