• 文献标题:   Electrostatic powder coatings of pristine graphene: A new approach for coating of granular and fibril substrates
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   NINE MJ, KABIRI S, TUNG TT, TRAN DNH, LOSIC D
  • 作者关键词:   pristine graphene, powder coating, granule, fiber, rotating drum
  • 出版物名称:   APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE
  • ISSN:   0169-4332 EI 1873-5584
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Adelaide
  • 被引频次:   1
  • DOI:   10.1016/j.apsusc.2018.01.204
  • 出版年:   2018

▎ 摘  要

The use of pristine graphene (pG) based on solution processed coating technologies is often limited by their poor dispersibility in water and organic solvents which prevents to achieve the best performing properties of pG in coating applications. To address these limitations, we developed a dispersant-free coating approach of pG based on their intrinsic solid-lubricity and interlayer electrostatic interactions. The "rotating drum" method was established to provide suitable conditions for electrostatic deposition of pG-powder which is demonstrated on two model substrates with granular and fibril morphologies (urea and acrylic fibers) to improve their physical and electrical properties. The results showed that the pG coating enables to minimize moisture induced caking tendency of commercial urea prills at a relative humidity (RH) of 85% (higher than critical humidity) exhibiting greater moisture rejection ability (similar to 2 times higher than uncoated urea) and to improve their anti-abrasive properties. The pG-powder coating applied on nonconductive acrylic fibers provides a stable conductive layer (similar to 0.8 +/- 0.1 k Omega/sq) which made them suitable for using in wearable electronics, sensors and electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding. The developed coating method for pG-powder based on "rotating drum" is generic, simple, eco-friendly, low-cost, and scalable for broad range of coating applications. (C) 2018 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.