• 文献标题:   Dopant-specific unzipping of carbon nanotubes for intact crystalline graphene nanostructures
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   LIM J, MAITI UN, KIM NY, NARAYAN R, LEE WJ, CHOI DS, OH Y, LEE JM, LEE GY, KANG SH, KIM H, KIM YH, KIM SO
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  • 出版物名称:   NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
  • ISSN:   2041-1723
  • 通讯作者地址:   Korea Adv Inst Sci Technol
  • 被引频次:   52
  • DOI:   10.1038/ncomms10364
  • 出版年:   2016

▎ 摘  要

Atomic level engineering of graphene-based materials is in high demand to enable customize structures and properties for different applications. Unzipping of the graphene plane is a potential means to this end, but uncontrollable damage of the two-dimensional crystalline framework during harsh unzipping reaction has remained a key challenge. Here we present heteroatom dopant-specific unzipping of carbon nanotubes as a reliable and controllable route to customized intact crystalline graphene-based nanostructures. Substitutional pyridinic nitrogen dopant sites at carbon nanotubes can selectively initiate the unzipping of graphene side walls at a relatively low electrochemical potential (0.6 V). The resultant nanostructures consisting of unzipped graphene nanoribbons wrapping around carbon nanotube cores maintain the intact two-dimensional crystallinity with well-defined atomic configuration at the unzipped edges. Large surface area and robust electrical connectivity of the synergistic nanostructure demonstrate ultrahigh-power supercapacitor performance, which can serve for AC filtering with the record high rate capability of -85 degrees of phase angle at 120 Hz.