• 文献标题:   Synthesis and Characterization of Highly Crystalline Graphene Aerogels
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   WORSLEY MA, PHAM TT, YAN AM, SHIN SJ, LEE JRI, BAGGEHANSEN M, MICKELSON W, ZETTL A
  • 作者关键词:   aerogel, graphene
  • 出版物名称:   ACS NANO
  • ISSN:   1936-0851 EI 1936-086X
  • 通讯作者地址:   Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab
  • 被引频次:   90
  • DOI:   10.1021/nn505335u
  • 出版年:   2014

▎ 摘  要

Aerogels are used in a broad range of scientific and industrial applications due to their large surface areas, ultrafine pore sizes, and extremely low densities. Recently, a large number of reports have described graphene aerogels based on the reduction of graphene oxide (GO). Though these GO-based aerogels represent a considerable advance relative to traditional carbon aerogels, they remain significantly inferior to individual graphene sheets due to their poor crystallinity. Here, we report a straightforward method to synthesize highly crystalline GO-based graphene aerogels via high-temperature processing common in commercial graphite production. The crystallization of the graphene aerogels versus annealing temperature is characterized using Raman and X-ray absorption spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, and electron microscopy. Nitrogen porosimetry shows that the highly crystalline graphene macrostructure maintains a high surface area and ultrafine pore size. Because of their enhanced crystallinity, these graphene aerogels exhibit a similar to 200 degrees C improvement in oxidation temperature and an order of magnitude increase in electrical conductivity.