• 文献标题:   Conjugated-Polyelectrolyte-Functionalized Reduced Graphene Oxide with Excellent Solubility and Stability in Polar Solvents
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   QI XY, PU KY, ZHOU XZ, LI H, LIU B, BOEY F, HUANG W, ZHANG H
  • 作者关键词:   charge transfer, graphene, nanostructure, polyelectrolyte, reduced graphene oxide
  • 出版物名称:   SMALL
  • ISSN:   1613-6810 EI 1613-6829
  • 通讯作者地址:   Nanyang Technol Univ
  • 被引频次:   235
  • DOI:   10.1002/smll.200902221
  • 出版年:   2010

▎ 摘  要

Conjugated-polyelectrolyte (CPE)-functionalized reduced graphene oxide (rGO) sheets are synthesized for the first time by taking advantage of a specially designed CPE, PFVSO3, with a planar backbone and charged sulfonate and oligo(ethylene glycol) side chains to assist the hydrazine-mediated reduction of graphene oxide (GO) in aqueous solution. The resulting CPE-functionalized rGO (PFVSO3-rGO) shows excellent solubility and stability in a variety of polar solvents, including water, ethanol, methanol, dimethyl sulfoxide, and dimethyl formamide. The morphology of PFVSO3-rGO is studied by atomic force microscopy, X-ray diffraction, and transmission electron microscopy, which reveal a sandwich-like nanostructure. Within this nanostructure, the backbones of PFVSO3 stack onto the basal plane of rGO sheets via strong pi-pi interactions, while the charged hydrophilic side chains of PFVSO3 prevent the rGO sheets from aggregating via electrostatic and steric repulsions, thus leading to the solubility and stability of PFVSO3-rGO in polar solvents. Optoelectronic studies show that the presence of PFVSO3 within rGO induces photoinduced charge transfer and p-doping of rGO. As a result, the electrical conductivity of PFVSO3-rGO is not only much better than that of GO, but also than that of the unmodified rGO.