• 文献标题:   Growing Nanocrystalline Graphene on Aggregates for Conductive and Strong Smart Cement Composites
  • 文献类型:   Article, Early Access
  • 作  者:   LU D, MA LP, ZHONG J, TONG JM, LIU ZB, REN WC, CHENG HM
  • 作者关键词:   cement composite, chemical vapor deposition cvd, interface, selfsensing, structural health monitoring
  • 出版物名称:   ACS NANO
  • ISSN:   1936-0851 EI 1936-086X
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  • 被引频次:   11
  • DOI:   10.1021/acsnano.2c10141 EA FEB 2023
  • 出版年:   2023

▎ 摘  要

Highly conductive concrete/mortar has been long pursued to realize structural health monitoring in the development of smartcement-based facilities. However, it remains challenging to significantly increase the electrical conductivity of concrete/mortar without lowering the compressive strength and flowability. Here, nanocrystalline-graphenecoated aggregates (termed Gr@AGs) are synthesized to break this conductivity-strength tradeoff. Admixing Gr@AGs with cement enables the construction of a conductive network of graphene that simultaneously strengthens the interfacial transition zone between aggregates and paste. As a result, high conductivity and improved mechanical properties have been simultaneously realized in Gr@AGs-based smart mortars. The significant positive effects of Gr@AGs are further enhanced by combining them with a low percentage of carbon fiber. Typically, the 28-day compressive/flexural strength of the optimized mortar increases by 12.2%/19.4%, with the electrical resistivity reduced by over 3 orders of magnitude from similar to 4.6 x 10(5) to 182 omega cm. On this basis, we demonstrate high-sensitivity cement-based piezoresistive sensors with a fractional change in resistivity as high as similar to 25%, which is more than 1 order of magnitude higher than those reported in comparable systems. This study provides a solution to the critical issues in developing smart cementitious composites by taking full advantage of graphene's properties.