• 文献标题:   Foldable Conductive Cellulose Fiber Networks Modified by Graphene Nanoplatelet-Bio-Based Composites
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   CATALDI P, BAYER IS, BONACCORSO F, PELLEGRINI V, ATHANASSIOU A, CINGOLANI R
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  • 出版物名称:   ADVANCED ELECTRONIC MATERIALS
  • ISSN:   2199-160X
  • 通讯作者地址:   Ist Italiano Tecnol
  • 被引频次:   25
  • DOI:   10.1002/aelm.201500224
  • 出版年:   2015

▎ 摘  要

Truly foldable flexible electronic components require a foldable substrate modified with a conducting material that can retain its electrical conductivity and mechanical integrity even after hard mechanical manipulations and multiple folding events. Here, such a material exploiting the combination of all-biodegradable components (substrate and the polymer matrix) and graphene nanoplatelets is designed and fabricated. A commercially available thermoplastic starch-based polymer (Mater-Bi) and graphene nanoplatelets are simultaneously dispersed in an organic solvent to formulate conductive inks. The inks are spray painted on pure cellulose sheets and hot-pressed into their fiber network after drying. The resultant nanostructured flexible composites display excellent isotropic electrical conductivity, reaching very low sheet resistance value approximate to 10 Omega sq(-1), depending on the relative concentration between the biopolymer and the graphene nanoplatelets. Transmission electron microscopy results indicated that during hot-pressing, graphene nanoplatelets are physically embedded into the cellulose fibers, resulting in high electrical conductivity of the flexible composite. The paper-like flexible conductors can withstand many severe folding events, maintaining their mechanical and electrical properties and showing only a slight decrease of their electrical conductivity with respect to the unfolded counterparts. Unlike conductive paper technologies, the proposed paper-like flexible conductors demonstrate both sides isotropic conductivity due to pressure-induced impregnation.