• 文献标题:   Structure, Mechanical and Electrochemical Properties of Thermally Reduced Graphene Oxide-poly (Vinyl Alcohol) Foams
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   WANG WX, XU H, CHEN J, SHEN YF, BERTOTI I, GUO XL, SHI XR, ELSIDDIG ZA
  • 作者关键词:   graphene, pva, thermal reduction, mechanical propertie
  • 出版物名称:   PERIODICA POLYTECHNICACHEMICAL ENGINEERING
  • ISSN:   0324-5853 EI 1587-3765
  • 通讯作者地址:   Southeast Univ
  • 被引频次:   2
  • DOI:   10.3311/PPch.11148
  • 出版年:   2018

▎ 摘  要

Graphene oxide foams with a wide range of poly (vinyl alcohol) contents were synthesized by freeze casting, and then thermally reduced at 300 degrees C in argon atmosphere. Their thermal stability, microstructure, composition and chemical states of constituents, mechanical and electrical properties were investigated by X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, thermogravimetry, compressive testing and electrochemical analysis. The results indicated that the PVA content highly influenced the crystallinity and microstructure, resulting in different mechanical properties. After thermal reduction, not only graphene oxide was reduced to graphene, but also PVA was subjected to partial pyrolysis. With the increase of the PVA content, the intensity of the sp2 C-C bond decreased while the sp3 C-C bond increased. Although the mechanical properties decreased after thermal reduction, the composite foams still showed high cyclic structure stability up to 18 % compression strain. Meanwhile, the reduced foams exhibited high electrical conductivity. Applying as anodes in lithium ion battery, the initial discharge capacity for the foams can reach 1822 mA h g(-1) and it remained more than 330 mA h g(-1) a fter 50 cycles.