• 文献标题:   Exfoliating and Dispersing Few-Layered Graphene in Low-Boiling-Point Organic Solvents towards Solution-Processed Optoelectronic Device Applications
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   ZHANG L, MIAO ZS, HAO Z, LIU J
  • 作者关键词:   cathode interlayer, graphene, graphene quantum dot, polymer solar cell, surfactant
  • 出版物名称:   CHEMISTRYAN ASIAN JOURNAL
  • ISSN:   1861-4728 EI 1861-471X
  • 通讯作者地址:   Chinese Acad Sci
  • 被引频次:   2
  • DOI:   10.1002/asia.201600142
  • 出版年:   2016

▎ 摘  要

With normal organic surfactants, graphene can only be dispersed in water and cannot be dispersed in low-boiling-point organic solvents, which hampers its application in solution-processed organic optoelectronic devices. Herein, we report the exfoliation of graphite into graphene in low-boiling-point organic solvents, for example, methanol and acetone, by using edge-carboxylated graphene quantum dots (ECGQD) as the surfactant. The great capability of ECGQD for graphene dispersion is due to its ultralarge pi-conjugated unit that allows tight adhesion on the graphene surface through strong pi-pi interactions, its edge-carboxylated structure that diminishes the steric effects of the oxygen-containing functional groups on the basal plane of ECGQD, and its abundance of carboxylic acid groups for solubility. The graphene dispersion in methanol enables the application of graphene: ECGQD as a cathode interlayer in polymer solar cells (PSCs). Moreover, the PSC device performance of graphene: ECGQD is better than that of Ca, the state-of-the-art cathode interlayer material.