自支撑氮掺杂石墨烯纸柔性电极的制备及其储锂性能的研究

以氧化石墨烯(GO)为原料,尿素为氮掺杂剂,采用固/气界面水热反应的方式,即在反应釜内将GO抽滤得到的氧化石墨烯纸(GOP)与尿素分解产生的氨蒸气相互作用,成功制备出自支撑氮掺杂石墨烯纸(NGP)。通过X射线衍射(XRD)、扫描电子显微镜(SEM)、拉曼光谱(RS)、X射线光电子能谱(XPS)和电化学测试对样品进行形貌结构及电化学性能的表征。测试结果表明:水热条件下尿素能有效地实现氧化石墨烯纸的氮掺杂,氮掺杂量为7.89%;氮掺杂石墨烯纸在100mA/g和500mA/g的电流密度下,充放电循环100周之后,放电比容量可分别保持在288mAh/g和190mAh/g。采用改进的固/气界面水热反应法制备的氮掺杂石墨烯纸较未掺杂石墨烯纸可逆比容量提高了近2.5倍,具有良好的循环稳定性,可为制备高性能的柔性锂离子电池负极材料提供新方法。     

用于锂离子电池的石墨烯及其复合负极材料的研究进展

石墨烯复合材料因具有高比表面积、高比容量、优异的导电性、显著的化学稳定性,在锂离子电池领域具有巨大的应用前景。在负极复合材料中,石墨烯不仅可以形成导电网络提升复合材料的导电性能,而且还可以缓冲材料在充放电过程中的体积效应,提高了材料的倍率性能和循环寿命,为设计大容量高稳定性的锂离子电池提供了理论保证。因此制备不同组成和结构的石墨烯复合材料是一个非常有价值的课题。对近年来国内外运用不同方法制备不同组成和结构的石墨烯复合材料的研究结果做了综合评述和展望。     

PAM/GO复合材料制备及驱油性能研究

利用改进的Hummers法制备氧化石墨烯(Graphene oxide,GO),并利用原位聚合法引入丙烯酰胺(AM),制备PAM/GO复合材料。采用X射线衍射(XRD)、傅里叶红外光谱(FTIR)、激光粒度分析和驱油实验等分析方法对PAM/GO复合材料的官能团和驱油性能进行了研究。X射线衍射(XRD)、傅里叶红外光谱(FTIR)实验结果表明,PAM/GO的谱图中,在2θ=9.4°的氧化石墨的特征峰消失,在2θ=23°出现一个宽的衍射峰,说明PAM/GO为无定形结构,也说明氧化石墨与PAM兼容性良好,没有发生明显的团聚。傅里叶变换红外光谱分析表明,PAM/GO红外谱图中具有很明显的丙烯酰胺特征峰,说明丙烯酰胺成功引入到氧化石墨烯中。激光粒度分析结果表明,石墨烯复合材料的平均粒径范围在0.19~1.45μm。界面张力分析表明,0.3%浓度的石墨烯材料降低油水界面张力的能力较好,与注入水相比,能将油水界面张力从101降低到100数量级左右。PAM/GO复合材料应用于低渗透岩心的动态驱替实验表明,0.3%浓度的石墨烯复合材料对低渗透油藏提高采收率在10%左右,且驱替压力变化平稳,不会对地层造成堵塞伤害。     

Synergistic effects of micro-/nano-fillers on conductive and electromagnetic shielding properties of polypropylene nanocomposites

This study presents the synergistic effects of graphene nanosheets (GNSs) and carbon fibers (CFs) additions on the electrical and electromagnetic shielding properties of GNS/CF/polypropylene (PP) composites. These composites were fabricated by the melt blending of different ratios of GNSs and CFs (20:0, 15:5, 10:10, 5:15 and 0:20 wt/wt%) into a PP polymer matrix using a Brabender mixer. Besides, the chemical and crystalline structures and the thermal stability of the resultant GNS/CF/PP composites were characterized by Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction (XRD) and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). FT-IR and XRD showed that with the addition of GNSs content, transmittances at 1373.4?cm^?1 and 1454.4?cm^?1 became smaller and the characteristic peak at 26.82° became stronger. TGA showed that the GNS/CF/PP composite can be used at high temperature below 456°C. Blending 10?wt% CFs and 10?wt% GNSs into the PP polymer resulted in excellent conductivity (0.397 S/cm), which indicated the occurrence of the critical percolation threshold phenomenon, and also reached the maximum electromagnetic shielding effectiveness (EMSE) of 20?dB at 1.28–2.00?GHz. Laminated with five layers of composites, its EMSE achieved 25–38?dB at 0.3–3.0?GHz, corresponding to blocking of 94.38–98.74% electromagnetic waves.     

Paper‐Derived Ferroelectric Ceramics: A Feasibility Study

Preceramic paper may serve as a preform to manufacture single sheet as well as multilayer porous ferroelectric ceramic products. In this article, the authors discuss the formation, microstructure, and properties of preceramic papers highly loaded with BaTiO₃ filler ranging from 70 to 80 vol% and their conversion into ceramic materials. In order to increase the density of the single sheets, post calendering is applied. These sheets are used for the fabrication of multilayer ceramics using warm lamination technique. After binder burnout and sintering up to 1300 °C for 2 h in air, porous paper‐derived multilayer BaTiO₃ is obtained. The effect of ceramic filler content and calendering on the residual porosity in sintered samples is studied. Furthermore, the influence of porosity on the microstructure, mechanical, dielectric, and piezoelectric properties of the sintered BaTiO₃ ceramics is investigated.

     

Silver Nanoflower Decorated Graphene Oxide Sponges for Highly Sensitive Variable Stiffness Stress Sensors

Soft conductive materials should enable large deformation while keeping high electrical conductivity and elasticity. The graphene oxide (GO)‐based sponge is a potential candidate to endow large deformation. However, it typically exhibits low conductivity and elasticity. Here, the highly conductive and elastic sponge composed of GO, flower‐shaped silver nanoparticles (AgNFs), and polyimide (GO‐AgNF‐PI sponge) are demonstrated. The average pore size and porosity are 114 µm and 94.7%, respectively. Ag NFs have thin petals (8–20 nm) protruding out of the surface of a spherical bud (300–350 nm) significantly enhancing the specific surface area (2.83 m² g^?1). The electrical conductivity (0.306 S m^?1 at 0% strain) of the GO‐AgNF‐PI sponge is increased by more than an order of magnitude with the addition of Ag NFs. A nearly perfect elasticity is obtained over a wide compressive strain range (0–90%). The strain‐dependent, nonlinear variation of Young's modulus of the sponge provides a unique opportunity as a variable stiffness stress sensor that operates over a wide stress range (0–10 kPa) with a high maximum sensitivity (0.572 kPa^?1). It allows grasping of a soft rose and a hard bottle, with the minimal object deformation, when attached on the finger of a robot gripper.     

Large‐Stroke Electrochemical Carbon Nanotube/Graphene Hybrid Yarn Muscles

Artificial muscles are reported in which reduced graphene oxide (rGO) is trapped in the helical corridors of a carbon nanotube (CNT) yarn. When electrochemically driven in aqueous electrolytes, these coiled CNT/rGO yarn muscles can contract by 8.1%, which is over six times that of the previous results for CNT yarn muscles driven in an inorganic electrolyte (1.3%). They can contract to provide a final stress of over 14 MPa, which is about 40 times that of natural muscles. The hybrid yarn muscle shows a unique catch state, in which 95% of the contraction is retained for 1000 s following charging and subsequent disconnection from the power supply. Hence, they are unlike thermal muscles and natural muscles, which need to consume energy to maintain contraction. Additionally, these muscles can be reversibly cycled while lifting heavy loads.     

Electric Power Generation through the Direct Interaction of Pristine Graphene‐Oxide with Water Molecules

Converting ubiquitous environmental energy into electric power holds tremendous social and financial interests. Traditional energy harvesters and converters are limited by the specific materials and complex configuration of devices. Herein, it is presented that electric power can be directly produced from pristine graphene oxide (GO) without any pretreatment or additives once encountering the water vapor, which will generate an open‐circuit‐voltage of up to 0.4–0.7 V and a short‐circuit‐current‐density of 2–25 µA cm^?2 on a single piece of GO film. This phenomenon results from the directional movement of charged hydrogen ions through the GO film. The present work demonstrates and provides an extremely simple method for electric energy generation, which offers more applications of graphene‐based materials in green energy converting field.     

Modulating the Surface State of SiC to Control Carrier Transport in Graphene/SiC

Silicon carbide (SiC) with epitaxial graphene (EG/SiC) shows a great potential in the applications of electronic and photoelectric devices. The performance of devices is primarily dependent on the interfacial heterojunction between graphene and SiC. Here, the band structure of the EG/SiC heterojunction is experimentally investigated by Kelvin probe force microscopy. The dependence of the barrier height at the EG/SiC heterojunction to the initial surface state of SiC is revealed. Both the barrier height and band bending tendency of the heterojunction can be modulated by controlling the surface state of SiC, leading to the tuned carrier transport behavior at the EG/SiC interface. The barrier height at the EG/SiC(000‐1) interface is almost ten times that of the EG/SiC(0001) interface. As a result, the amount of carrier transport at the EG/SiC(000‐1) interface is about ten times that of the EG/SiC(0001) interface. These results offer insights into the carrier transport behavior at the EG/SiC heterojunction by controlling the initial surface state of SiC, and this strategy can be extended in all devices with graphene as the top layer.