• 文献标题:   Low-Temperature Aluminum Reduction of Graphene Oxide, Electrical Properties, Surface Wettability, and Energy Storage Applications
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   WAN DY, YANG CY, LIN TQ, TANG YF, ZHOU M, ZHONG YJ, HUANG FQ, LIN JH
  • 作者关键词:   graphene oxide, al reduction, surface wettability, thermal energy storage, lithium ion battery
  • 出版物名称:   ACS NANO
  • ISSN:   1936-0851 EI 1936-086X
  • 通讯作者地址:   Chinese Acad Sci
  • 被引频次:   68
  • DOI:   10.1021/nn303228r
  • 出版年:   2012

▎ 摘  要

Low-temperature aluminum (Al) reduction is first introduced to reduce graphene oxide (GO) at 100-200 degrees C in a two-zone furnace. The melted Al metal exhibits an excellent deoxygen ability to produce well-crystallized reduced graphene oxide (RGO) papers with a low O/C ratio of 0.058 (Al-RGO), compared with 0.201 in the thermally reduced one (T-RGO). The Al-RGO papers possess outstanding mechanical flexibility and extremely high electrical conductivities sheet resistance R-s similar to 1.75 Omega/sq), compared with 20.12 Omega/sq of T-RGO. More interestingly, very nice hydrophobic nature (90.5 degrees) was observed, significantly superior to the reported chemically or thermally reduced papers. These enhanced properties are attributed to the low oxygen content in the RGO papers. During the aluminum reduction, highly active H atoms from H2O reacted with melted Al promise an efficient oxygen removal. This method was also applicable to reduce graphene oxide foams, which were used in the G0/SA (stearic acid) composite as a highly thermally conductive reservoir to hold the phase change material for thermal energy storage. The Al-reduced RGO/SnS2 composites were further used in an anode material of lithium ion batteries possessing a higher specific capacity. Overall, low-temperature Al reduction is an effective method to prepare highly conductive RGO papers and related composites for flexible energy conversion and storage device applications.