• 文献标题:   Rapid and Direct Conversion of Graphite Crystals into High-Yielding, Good-Quality Graphene by Supercritical Fluid Exfoliation
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   RANGAPPA D, SONE K, WANG MS, GAUTAM UK, GOLBERG D, ITOH H, ICHIHARA M, HONMA I
  • 作者关键词:   conducting material, exfoliation, graphene, scanning probe microscopy, supercritical fluid
  • 出版物名称:   CHEMISTRYA EUROPEAN JOURNAL
  • ISSN:   0947-6539
  • 通讯作者地址:   Natl Inst Adv Ind Sci Technol
  • 被引频次:   117
  • DOI:   10.1002/chem.201000199
  • 出版年:   2010

▎ 摘  要

Graphene has attracted a great deal of attention in recent years due to its unusual electronic, mechanical, and thermal properties. Exploiting graphene properties in a variety of applications requires a chemical approach for the large-scale production of high-quality, processable graphene sheets (GS), which has remained an unanswered challenge. Herein, we report a rapid one-pot supercritical fluid (SCF) exfoliation process for the production of high-quality, large-scale, and processable graphene for technological applications. Direct high-yield conversion of graphite crystals to GS is possible under SCF conditions because of the high diffusivity and solvating power of SCFs, such as ethanol, N-methyl-pyrrolidone (NMP), and DMF. For the first time, we report a one-pot direct conversion of graphite crystals to a high yield of graphene sheets in which about 90-95% of the exfoliated sheets are <8 layers with approximately 6-10% monolayers and the remaining 5 10% are >= 10 layers.