• 文献标题:   Unveiling the thickness-dependent mechanical properties of graphene papers by in situ SEM tension
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   CAO TC, LIU XQ, CHENG XP, LI YH, SANG LJ, MA JY, WANG J, HE JC, WANG MM, ZHANG YF
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  • 出版物名称:   RSC ADVANCES
  • ISSN:   2046-2069
  • 通讯作者地址:   Beijing Univ Technol
  • 被引频次:   0
  • DOI:   10.1039/c8ra09818b
  • 出版年:   2019

▎ 摘  要

With more and more applications, the mechanical strength of graphene paper (GP) has attracted significant attention in recent years. In this report, GPs were prepared by flow-induced filtration of electrochemical exfoliated graphene sheets. By adjusting the concentration of solution, we found graphene sheets fabricated in 0.1 M K2SO4 have the thinnest average thickness. And by uniaxial in-plane tensile tests operated on a self-developed in situ scanning electron microscopy (SEM) tensile stage, the corresponding GP has the best fracture strength of 192 MPa. This is due to that the thickness decrease of exfoliated graphene will increase the quantity of interlayer crosslinks, thus improving the mechanical properties of GPs. This research may open a new way to obtain high-strength GPs for applications.