• 文献标题:   In situ vitamin C reduction of graphene oxide for preparing flexible TPU nanocomposites with high dielectric permittivity and low dielectric loss
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   XIAO SP, HUANG HX
  • 作者关键词:   thermoplastic polyurethane, graphene oxide, dielectric permittivity, mechanical propertie, rheology
  • 出版物名称:   POLYMER TESTING
  • ISSN:   0142-9418 EI 1873-2348
  • 通讯作者地址:   South China Univ Technol
  • 被引频次:   1
  • DOI:   10.1016/j.polymertesting.2018.01.026
  • 出版年:   2018

▎ 摘  要

Flexible thermoplastic polyurethane/reduced graphene oxide (TPU/rGO) nanocomposite sheets were prepared via a combination of solvent-exchange and in situ vitamin C reduction. Raman, Fourier transform infrared and Xray photoelectron spectroscopy suggest a successful reduction of the GO by vitamin C, which largely enhances the interfacial polarization ability of the resultant rGO layers. Hence, the TPU/rGO sheets exhibit much higher dielectric permittivity (epsilon') than corresponding TPU/GO sheet. X-ray diffraction patterns, transmission electron microscopy image and predicated rGO layer thickness all indicate good exfoliation and dispersion of the rGO layers in the TPU matrix. Rheological tests demonstrate that a percolation structure is formed in the nano composite with 0.75 vol% rGO. The enhanced interfacial polarization ability and possible formation of micro capacitor network of the rGO layers result in high epsilon' (151 at 1 kHz) for the nanocomposite sample with only 0.75 vol% rGO. Meanwhile, its dielectric loss remains lower than 1 at 1 kHz, which can be attributed to weakened tunnel current between two adjacent rGO layers by the insulating TPU barriers in between.