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Althumayri M, Das R, Banavath R, Beker L, Achim AM, Ceylan Koydemir H. Recent Advances in Transparent Electrodes and Their Multimodal Sensing Applications. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2024:e2405099. [PMID: 39120484 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202405099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2024] [Revised: 07/24/2024] [Indexed: 08/10/2024]
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This review examines the recent advancements in transparent electrodes and their crucial role in multimodal sensing technologies. Transparent electrodes, notable for their optical transparency and electrical conductivity, are revolutionizing sensors by enabling the simultaneous detection of diverse physical, chemical, and biological signals. Materials like graphene, carbon nanotubes, and conductive polymers, which offer a balance between optical transparency, electrical conductivity, and mechanical flexibility, are at the forefront of this development. These electrodes are integral in various applications, from healthcare to solar cell technologies, enhancing sensor performance in complex environments. The paper addresses challenges in applying these electrodes, such as the need for mechanical flexibility, high optoelectronic performance, and biocompatibility. It explores new materials and innovative techniques to overcome these hurdles, aiming to broaden the capabilities of multimodal sensing devices. The review provides a comparative analysis of different transparent electrode materials, discussing their applications and the ongoing development of novel electrode systems for multimodal sensing. This exploration offers insights into future advancements in transparent electrodes, highlighting their transformative potential in bioelectronics and multimodal sensing technologies.
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- Majed Althumayri
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 77843, USA
- Center for Remote Health Technologies and Systems, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, College Station, TX, 77843, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Koç University, Sariyer, Istanbul, 34450, Turkey
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 77843, USA
- Center for Remote Health Technologies and Systems, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, College Station, TX, 77843, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Koç University, Sariyer, Istanbul, 34450, Turkey
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- School of Computer Science, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1QU, UK
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 77843, USA
- Center for Remote Health Technologies and Systems, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, College Station, TX, 77843, USA
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Yue Y, Zhang D, Wang P, Xia X, Wu X, Zhang Y, Mei J, Li S, Li M, Wang Y, Zhang X, Wei X, Liu H, Zhou W. Large-Area Flexible Carbon Nanofilms with Synergistically Enhanced Transmittance and Conductivity Prepared by Reorganizing Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Networks. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2024; 36:e2313971. [PMID: 38573651 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202313971] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2023] [Revised: 03/23/2024] [Indexed: 04/05/2024]
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Large-area flexible transparent conductive films (TCFs) are highly desired for future electronic devices. Nanocarbon TCFs are one of the most promising candidates, but some of their properties are mutually restricted. Here, a novel carbon nanotube network reorganization (CNNR) strategy, that is, the facet-driven CNNR (FD-CNNR) technique, is presented to overcome this intractable contradiction. The FD-CNNR technique introduces an interaction between single-walled carbon nanotube (SWNT) and Cu─-O. Based on the unique FD-CNNR mechanism, large-area flexible reorganized carbon nanofilms (RNC-TCFs) are designed and fabricated with A3-size and even meter-length, including reorganized SWNT (RSWNT) films and graphene and RSWNT (G-RSWNT) hybrid films. Synergistic improvement in strength, transmittance, and conductivity of flexible RNC-TCFs is achieved. The G-RSWNT TCF shows sheet resistance as low as 69 Ω sq-1 at 86% transmittance, FOM value of 35, and Young's modulus of ≈45 MPa. The high strength enables RNC-TCFs to be freestanding on water and easily transferred to any target substrate without contamination. A4-size flexible smart window is fabricated, which manifests controllable dimming and fog removal. The FD-CNNR technique can be extended to large-area or even large-scale fabrication of TCFs and can provide new insights into the design of TCFs and other functional films.
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- Ying Yue
- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, and Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
- School of Physical Sciences and College of Materials Science and Optoelectronic Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, and Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
- School of Physical Sciences and College of Materials Science and Optoelectronic Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, and Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
- School of Physical Sciences and College of Materials Science and Optoelectronic Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, and Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
- School of Physical Sciences and College of Materials Science and Optoelectronic Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, and Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
- School of Physical Sciences and College of Materials Science and Optoelectronic Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, and Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
- School of Physical Sciences and College of Materials Science and Optoelectronic Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, and Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
- School of Physical Sciences and College of Materials Science and Optoelectronic Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, and Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
- School of Physical Sciences and College of Materials Science and Optoelectronic Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, and Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
- School of Physical Sciences and College of Materials Science and Optoelectronic Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, and Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
- Beijing Key Laboratory for Advanced Functional Materials and Structure Research, Beijing, 100190, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, and Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
- School of Physical Sciences and College of Materials Science and Optoelectronic Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
- Beijing Key Laboratory for Advanced Functional Materials and Structure Research, Beijing, 100190, China
- Songshan Materials Laboratory, Dongguan, Guangdong, 523808, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, and Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
- School of Physical Sciences and College of Materials Science and Optoelectronic Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
- Beijing Key Laboratory for Advanced Functional Materials and Structure Research, Beijing, 100190, China
- Songshan Materials Laboratory, Dongguan, Guangdong, 523808, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, and Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
- School of Physical Sciences and College of Materials Science and Optoelectronic Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
- Beijing Key Laboratory for Advanced Functional Materials and Structure Research, Beijing, 100190, China
- Songshan Materials Laboratory, Dongguan, Guangdong, 523808, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, and Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
- School of Physical Sciences and College of Materials Science and Optoelectronic Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
- Beijing Key Laboratory for Advanced Functional Materials and Structure Research, Beijing, 100190, China
- Songshan Materials Laboratory, Dongguan, Guangdong, 523808, China
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Li Y, Tian H, Yang X, Zhang B. Graphene nanoribbon woven fabric against the impact of a cylindrical projectile. NANOTECHNOLOGY 2024; 35:125701. [PMID: 38100834 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/ad1643] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2023] [Accepted: 12/15/2023] [Indexed: 12/17/2023]
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Graphene nanoribbon woven fabrics (GNWFs) with excellent mechanical properties are promising for ballistic armor materials. The dynamic response of single-layer and bilayer GNWFs under nano-projectile impact at high-speed (4-5 km s-1) is investigated by molecular dynamics simulations. Results show that the woven structure is determined by the bandwidth and gap spacing, which influences the deformation/fracture and motion coupling effects of the crossed nanoribbons and the ballistic performance of GNWF. Owing to the perturbation of the van der Waals (vdW) interface between nanoribbons, the specific penetration energy of GNWFs reaches 16.02 MJ kg-1, which is much higher than that of single-layer graphene (10.80 MJ kg-1) and bilayer graphene (10.07 MJ kg-1). The peculiarities of woven structure minimize the damage of GNWFs, on the one hand, the reversibility of vdW interactions and the entanglement of nanoribbons provide GNWFs a certain self-healing ability. On the other hand, the porous nanostructure of twist-stacked bilayer GNWFs tends to be uniform and dense with the twist angle, which improves the impact resistance. This study provides more understanding of the ballistic properties of GNWFs and the design of nano-fabrics based on two-dimensional materials.
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- Yaomin Li
- State Key Laboratory of Mechanics and Control for Aerospace Structures, and College of Aerospace Engineering, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, No. 29 Yudao Street, Nanjing, 210016, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Mechanics and Control for Aerospace Structures, and College of Aerospace Engineering, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, No. 29 Yudao Street, Nanjing, 210016, People's Republic of China
- School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Wuhan Institute of Technology, Wuhan 430073, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Mechanics and Control for Aerospace Structures, and College of Aerospace Engineering, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, No. 29 Yudao Street, Nanjing, 210016, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Mechanics and Control for Aerospace Structures, and College of Aerospace Engineering, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, No. 29 Yudao Street, Nanjing, 210016, People's Republic of China
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Slepchenkov MM, Barkov PV, Glukhova OE. Island-Type Graphene-Nanotube Hybrid Structures for Flexible and Stretchable Electronics: In Silico Study. MICROMACHINES 2023; 14:671. [PMID: 36985078 PMCID: PMC10055826 DOI: 10.3390/mi14030671] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2023] [Revised: 03/09/2023] [Accepted: 03/13/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Using the self-consistent charge density functional tight-binding (SCC-DFTB) method, we study the behavior of graphene-carbon nanotube hybrid films with island topology under axial deformation. Hybrid films are formed by AB-stacked bilayer graphene and horizontally aligned chiral single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) with chirality indices (12,6) and 1.2 nm in diameter. In hybrid films, bilayer graphene is located above the nanotube, forming the so-called "islands" of increased carbon density, which correspond to known experimental data on the synthesis of graphene-nanotube composites. Two types of axial deformation are considered: stretching and compression. It has been established that bilayer graphene-SWCNT (12,6) hybrid films are characterized by elastic deformation both in the case of axial stretching and axial compression. At the same time, the resistance of the atomic network of bilayer graphene-SWCNT (12,6) hybrid films to failure is higher in the case of axial compression. Within the framework of the Landauer-Buttiker formalism, the current-voltage characteristics of bilayer graphene-SWCNT (12,6) hybrid films are calculated. It is shown that the slope of the current-voltage characteristic and the maximum values of the current are sensitive to the topological features of the bilayer graphene in the composition of graphene-SWCNT (12,6) hybrid film. Based on the obtained results, the prospects for the use of island-type graphene-nanotube films in flexible and stretchable electronic devices are predicted.
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Hosseini MA, Zare H, Malekie S. Raman spectroscopy of electron irradiated Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotube for dosimetry purposes. Radiat Phys Chem Oxf Engl 1993 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2022.110535] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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Hosseini MA, Zare H, Malekie S. Raman spectroscopy of electron irradiated Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotube for dosimetry purposes. Radiat Phys Chem Oxf Engl 1993 2023; 202:110535. [DOI: https:/doi.org/10.1016/j.radphyschem.2022.110535] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/21/2023]
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Slepchenkov MM, Glukhova OE. Electronic properties and behavior of carbon network based on graphene and single-walled carbon nanotubes in strong electrical fields: quantum molecular dynamics study. NANOTECHNOLOGY 2022; 33:285001. [PMID: 35390774 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/ac652a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2022] [Accepted: 04/07/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Using the self-consistent-charge density-functional tight-binding method (SCC-DFTB) and extended lagrangian DFTB-based molecular dynamics, we performedin silicostudies of the behavior of graphene-nanotube hybrid structures that are part of a branched 3D carbon network in strong electrical fields. It has been established that strong fields with strength ranging from 5 to 10 V nm-1cause oscillating deformations of the atomic framework with a frequency in the range from 1.22 to 1.38 THz. It has been revealed that the oscillation frequency is determined primarily by the topology of the atomic framework of graphene-nanotube hybrid, while the electric field strength has an effect within 1%-2%. A further increase in electric field strength reduces the oscillation frequency to 0.7 THz, which accompanies the partial destruction of the atomic framework. The critical value of the electric field strength when the graphene is detached from the nanotube is ∼20 V nm-1.
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- Institute of Physics, Saratov State University, 410012 Saratov, Russia
- Laboratory of Biomedical Nanotechnology, I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, 119991 Moscow, Russia
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A novel of 2D-3D combination carbon electrode to improve yeast microbial fuel cell performance. J APPL ELECTROCHEM 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s10800-022-01669-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Li H, Chang S, Li M, Hou K, Han L, Cao A, Li H, Shang Y. Flexible and Stable Carbon Nanotube Film Strain Sensors with Self-Derived Integrated Electrodes. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2021; 13:55600-55610. [PMID: 34779615 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c13530] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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The development of flexible and wearable electronic devices has put an increasing demand on electrode systems with seamless connection and high compatibility with the main device, in order to accommodate complex deformation conditions and maintain stable performance. Here, we present a carbon nanotube-integrated electrode (CNTIE) by wet-pulling the ends of a carbon nanotube (CNT) film to form condensed thin fibers that resemble conventional conducting wire electrodes. A flexible strain sensor was constructed consisting of the middle CNT film as the main functional part and the CNTIE as self-derived electrodes, with inherent CNT connection between the two parts. The sensor can be transferred to versatile substrates (e.g., balloon surface) or encapsulated in thermoplastic polymers, exhibiting a large linear response range (up to 1000% in tensile strain), excellent durability and repeatability over 5000 cycles, and the ability to detect small- to large-degree human body motions. In addition, the strain sensor based on the CNTIE hybrid film (MXene/CNT and graphene/CNT) also shows superior linearity and stability at a strain range of 0-800%. Compared with the sensors using traditional silver wire electrodes and separately fabricated CNT fiber electrodes, our CNTIE plays an important role in achieving highly stable performance in the strain cycles. Our self-derived integrated electrodes provide a potential route to solve the incompatibility issues of conventional electrodes and to develop high-performance flexible and wearable systems based on CNTs and other nanomaterials.
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- Hui Li
- Key Laboratory of Material Physics, Ministry of Education, School of Physics and Microelectronics, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Material Physics, Ministry of Education, School of Physics and Microelectronics, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Material Physics, Ministry of Education, School of Physics and Microelectronics, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Material Physics, Ministry of Education, School of Physics and Microelectronics, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Material Physics, Ministry of Education, School of Physics and Microelectronics, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, P. R. China
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- CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing 100190, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Material Physics, Ministry of Education, School of Physics and Microelectronics, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, P. R. China
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Anichini C, Samorì P. Graphene-Based Hybrid Functional Materials. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2021; 17:e2100514. [PMID: 34174141 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202100514] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2021] [Revised: 02/24/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Graphene is a 2D material combining numerous outstanding physical properties, including high flexibility and strength, extremely high thermal conductivity and electron mobility, transparency, etc., which make it a unique testbed to explore fundamental physical phenomena. Such physical properties can be further tuned by combining graphene with other nanomaterials or (macro)molecules to form hybrid functional materials, which by design can display not only the properties of the individual components but also exhibit new properties and enhanced characteristics arising from the synergic interaction of the components. The implementation of the hybrid approach to graphene also allows boosting the performances in a multitude of technological applications. This review reports the hybrids formed by graphene combined with other low-dimensional nanomaterials of diverse dimensionality (0D, 1D, and 2D) and (macro)molecules, with emphasis on the synthetic methods. The most important applications of these hybrids in the fields of sensing, water purification, energy storage, biomedical, (photo)catalysis, and opto(electronics) are also reviewed, with a special focus on the superior performances of these hybrids compared to the individual, nonhybridized components.
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- Cosimo Anichini
- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, ISIS, 8 alleé Gaspard Monge, Strasbourg, 67000, France
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- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, ISIS, 8 alleé Gaspard Monge, Strasbourg, 67000, France
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Hybrid Films Based on Bilayer Graphene and Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes: Simulation of Atomic Structure and Study of Electrically Conductive Properties. NANOMATERIALS 2021; 11:nano11081934. [PMID: 34443764 PMCID: PMC8400045 DOI: 10.3390/nano11081934] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2021] [Revised: 07/23/2021] [Accepted: 07/24/2021] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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One of the urgent problems of materials science is the search for the optimal combination of graphene modifications and carbon nanotubes (CNTs) for the formation of layered hybrid material with specified physical properties. High electrical conductivity and stability are one of the main optimality criteria for a graphene/CNT hybrid structure. This paper presents results of a theoretical and computational study of the peculiarities of the atomic structure and the regularities of current flow in hybrid films based on single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) with a diameter of 1.2 nm and bilayer zigzag graphene nanoribbons, where the layers are shifted relative to the other. It is found that the maximum stresses on atoms of hybrid film do not exceed ~0.46 GPa for all considered topological models. It is shown that the electrical conductivity anisotropy takes place in graphene/SWCNT hybrid films at a graphene nanoribbon width of 4 hexagons. In the direction along the extended edge of the graphene nanoribbon, the electrical resistance of graphene/SWCNT hybrid film reaches ~125 kOhm; in the direction along the nanotube axis, the electrical resistance is about 16 kOhm. The prospects for the use of graphene/SWCNT hybrid films in electronics are predicted based on the obtained results.
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Rezaii E, Nazmi L, Mahkam M, Ghaleh Assadi M. A facile and industrial method for synthesis of modified magnetic lipophilic graphene as a super oil additive. MAIN GROUP CHEMISTRY 2021. [DOI: 10.3233/mgc-210029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Friction and wear are the two major reasons for energy and material losses in mechanical processes. In this research, a simple, industrial and fast exfoliation technique for the production of graphene using sodium azide and graphite in a water solvent without the need for a specific device has been presented following by lipophilizing with octylamine and only with Fe (II). Magnetic nanoparticles were applied on graphene surface, and simultaneously the graphene surface was both lipophilic and magnetic. The method used for graphene production is unique up to now and also it does not oxidize in production procedure. Performed analyzes demonstrate non-destructive properties without any changes in surface functional groups.
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- Ebrahim Rezaii
- Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University, Tabriz, Iran
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- Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University, Tabriz, Iran
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- Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University, Tabriz, Iran
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- Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University, Tabriz, Iran
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Liu L, Dong R, Ye D, Lu Y, Xia P, Deng L, Duan Y, Cao K, Chen S. Phosphomolybdic Acid-Modified Monolayer Graphene Anode for Efficient Organic and Perovskite Light-Emitting Diodes. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2021; 13:12268-12277. [PMID: 33656843 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c22456] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Graphene is a promising flexible transparent electrode, and significant progress in graphene-based optoelectronic devices has been accomplished by reducing the sheet resistance and tuning the work function. Herein, phosphomolybdic acid (PMA) is proposed as a novel p-type chemical dopant for graphene, and the optical and electrical properties of graphene are investigated systematically. As a result, the monolayer graphene electrode with lower sheet resistance and work function are obtained while maintaining a high transmittance. The Raman spectrum proves the p-type doping effect of PMA on graphene, and the X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy results reveal the mechanism, which is that the electrons transfer from graphene to PMA through the Mo-O-C bond. Furthermore, using the PMA-doped graphene anode, organic and perovskite light-emitting diodes obtained the maximum efficiencies of 129.3 and 15.6 cd/A with an increase of 50.8 and 36.8% compared with the pristine counterparts, respectively. This work confirms that PMA is a potential p-type chemical dopant to achieve an ideal graphene electrode and demonstrates the feasibility of PMA-doped graphene in the practical application of next-generation displays and solid-state lighting.
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- Lihui Liu
- Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics and Information Displays (KLOEID), Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biosensors, Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications (NUPT), Nanjing 210023, China
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- Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics and Information Displays (KLOEID), Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biosensors, Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications (NUPT), Nanjing 210023, China
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- Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics and Information Displays (KLOEID), Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biosensors, Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications (NUPT), Nanjing 210023, China
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- Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics and Information Displays (KLOEID), Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biosensors, Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications (NUPT), Nanjing 210023, China
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- College of Electronic and Optical Engineering & College of Microelectronics, Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications (NUPT), Nanjing 210023, China
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- College of Electronic and Optical Engineering & College of Microelectronics, Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications (NUPT), Nanjing 210023, China
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- State Key Laboratory on Integrated Optoelectronics, College of Electronic Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics and Information Displays (KLOEID), Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biosensors, Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications (NUPT), Nanjing 210023, China
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- Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics and Information Displays (KLOEID), Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biosensors, Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications (NUPT), Nanjing 210023, China
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Kolosov DA, Mitrofanov VV, Slepchenkov MM, Glukhova OE. Thin Graphene-Nanotube Films for Electronic and Photovoltaic Devices: DFTB Modeling. MEMBRANES 2020; 10:membranes10110341. [PMID: 33202838 PMCID: PMC7698213 DOI: 10.3390/membranes10110341] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2020] [Revised: 10/21/2020] [Accepted: 11/11/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Supercell atomic models of composite films on the basis of graphene and single-wall carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) with an irregular arrangement of SWCNTs were built. It is revealed that composite films of this type have a semiconducting type of conductivity and are characterized by the presence of an energy gap of 0.43-0.73 eV. It was found that the absorption spectrum of composite films contained specific peaks in a wide range of visible and infrared (IR) wavelengths. On the basis of calculated composite films volt-ampere characteristics (VAC), the dependence of the current flowing through the films on the distance between the nanotubes was identified. For the investigated composites, spectral dependences of the photocurrent were calculated. It was shown that depending on the distance between nanotubes, the maximum photocurrent might shift from the IR to the optical range.
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- Dmitry A. Kolosov
- Department of Physics, Saratov State University, Astrakhanskaya street 83, 410012 Saratov, Russia; (D.A.K.); (V.V.M.); (M.M.S.)
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- Department of Physics, Saratov State University, Astrakhanskaya street 83, 410012 Saratov, Russia; (D.A.K.); (V.V.M.); (M.M.S.)
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- Department of Physics, Saratov State University, Astrakhanskaya street 83, 410012 Saratov, Russia; (D.A.K.); (V.V.M.); (M.M.S.)
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- Department of Physics, Saratov State University, Astrakhanskaya street 83, 410012 Saratov, Russia; (D.A.K.); (V.V.M.); (M.M.S.)
- Laboratory of Biomedical Nanotechnology, I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Trubetskaya street 8-2, 119991 Moscow, Russia
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Rowe P, Deringer VL, Gasparotto P, Csányi G, Michaelides A. An accurate and transferable machine learning potential for carbon. J Chem Phys 2020; 153:034702. [DOI: 10.1063/5.0005084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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- Patrick Rowe
- Thomas Young Centre, London Centre for Nanotechnology, and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3QR, United Kingdom
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- Thomas Young Centre, London Centre for Nanotechnology, and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
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- Engineering Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Trumpington Street, Cambridge CB2 1PZ, United Kingdom
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- Thomas Young Centre, London Centre for Nanotechnology, and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
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Liao Y, Mustonen K, Tulić S, Skákalová V, Khan SA, Laiho P, Zhang Q, Li C, Monazam MRA, Kotakoski J, Lipsanen H, Kauppinen EI. Enhanced Tunneling in a Hybrid of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes and Graphene. ACS NANO 2019; 13:11522-11529. [PMID: 31497949 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.9b05049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Transparent and conductive films (TCFs) are of great technological importance. Their high transmittance, electrical conductivity, and mechanical strength make single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) a good candidate for the raw material for TCFs. Despite the ballistic transport in individual SWCNTs, electrical conductivity of SWCNT networks is limited by low efficiency of charge tunneling between the tube elements. Here, we demonstrate that the nanotube network sheet resistance at high optical transmittance is decreased by more than 50% when fabricated on graphene. This is a comparable improvement as that obtained through gold chloride (AuCl3) doping. However, while Raman spectroscopy reveals substantial changes in spectral features of AuCl3 doped nanotubes, this does not occur with graphene. Instead, temperature-dependent transport measurements indicate that a graphene substrate reduces the tunneling barrier heights, while its parallel conductivity contribution is almost negligible. Finally, we show that combining the graphene substrate and AuCl3 doping, brings the SWCNT thin film sheet resistance down to 36 Ω/□.
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- Yongping Liao
- Department of Applied Physics , Aalto University School of Science , P.O. Box 15100, FI-00076 Aalto , Finland
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- Faculty of Physics , University of Vienna , 1090 Vienna , Austria
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- Faculty of Physics , University of Vienna , 1090 Vienna , Austria
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- Faculty of Physics , University of Vienna , 1090 Vienna , Austria
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- Niels Bohr Institute , University of Copenhagen , 2100 Copenhagen , Denmark
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- Department of Applied Physics , Aalto University School of Science , P.O. Box 15100, FI-00076 Aalto , Finland
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- Department of Applied Physics , Aalto University School of Science , P.O. Box 15100, FI-00076 Aalto , Finland
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- Department of Electronics and Nanoengineering , Aalto University School of Electrical Engineering , P.O. Box 13500, FI-00076 Aalto , Finland
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- Faculty of Physics , University of Vienna , 1090 Vienna , Austria
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- Department of Electronics and Nanoengineering , Aalto University School of Electrical Engineering , P.O. Box 13500, FI-00076 Aalto , Finland
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- Department of Applied Physics , Aalto University School of Science , P.O. Box 15100, FI-00076 Aalto , Finland
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Janghela S, Devi S, Kambo N, Roy D, Mukhopadhyay K, Prasad NE. Microphase separation in oriented polymeric chains at the surface of nanomaterials during nanofiber formation. SOFT MATTER 2019; 15:6811-6818. [PMID: 31424069 DOI: 10.1039/c9sm01250h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The presence of low-dimensional functional nanofillers during the formation of morphological phase boundaries in polymeric nanofibers by electrospinning was highlighted in this study. PAN and TPU were both selected with differential viscosities to understand the phase-segregated internal supramolecular structures on functional surfaces of different length scales. The low-dimensional carbon nanofillers displayed a significant role in the topological orientation of the polymeric chains in TPU due to the presence of hard and soft segments in the geometry of TPU. The nano-hybrid shish-kebab-type microphase separation was observed on 1D nanofillers, whereas the anisotropic hierarchical microdomains were formed in the presence of 0D nanofillers. The 2D functional surface produced highly folded nanoscale lamellae by molecular interactions with polymeric chains. By combining different dimensional nanofillers, the hybrid 1D-2D networks created multifaceted structural hierarchies with epitaxial growth on the planar surface and shish-kebab geometry on the 1D functional backbone. Our study has demonstrated the significance of the configuration of nanoscale functional surfaces on the texture of polymeric chain assemblies during electrospinning for controlled flexible scaffolds.
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- Shriram Janghela
- Directorate of Nanomaterials & Technologies, DMSRDE, Kanpur, 208013, India.
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- Directorate of Nanomaterials & Technologies, DMSRDE, Kanpur, 208013, India.
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- Department of Textile Technology, UPTTI, Kanpur, 208001, India
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- Directorate of Nanomaterials & Technologies, DMSRDE, Kanpur, 208013, India.
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Martinez PM, Ishteev A, Fahimi A, Velten J, Jurewicz I, Dalton AB, Collins S, Baughman RH, Zakhidov AA. Silver Nanowires on Carbon Nanotube Aerogel Sheets for Flexible, Transparent Electrodes. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2019; 11:32235-32243. [PMID: 31411850 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.9b06368] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Flexible, free-standing transparent conducting electrodes (TCEs) with simultaneously tunable transmittances up to 98% and sheet resistances down to 11 Ω/sq were prepared by a facile spray-coating method of silver nanowires (AgNWs) onto dry-spun multiwall carbon nanotube (MWNT) aerogels. Counterintuitively, the transmittance of the hybrid electrodes can be increased as the mass density of AgNWs within the MWNT aerogels increases; however, the final achievable transmittance depends on the initial transparency of the MWNT aerogels. Simultaneously, a strong decrease in sheet resistance is obtained when AgNWs form a percolated network along the MWNT aerogel. Additionally, anisotropic reduction in sheet resistance and polarized transmittance of AgNW/MWNT aerogels is achieved with this method. The final AgNW/MWNT hybrid TCEs transmittance and sheet resistance can be fine-tuned by spray-coating mechanisms or by choosing initial MWNT aerogel density. Thus, a wide range of AgNW/MWNT hybrid TCEs with optimized optoelectronic properties can be achieved depending of the requirements needed. Finally, the free-standing AgNW/MWNT hybrid TCEs can be laminated onto a wide range of substrates without the need of a bonding aid.
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- Patricia M Martinez
- University of Texas at Dallas , NanoTech Institute , Richardson , Texas 75080 , United States
- University of Texas at Dallas , Department of Chemistry , Richardson , Texas 75080 , United States
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- National University of Science and Technology , MISiS , Leninskiy prospect , Moscow , 119049 , Russia
- ITMO University , 49 Kronverksky Pr. St . Petersburg , 197101 , Russia
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- University of Surrey , Guildford , Surrey GU2 7XH , United Kingdom
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- University of Texas at Dallas , NanoTech Institute , Richardson , Texas 75080 , United States
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- University of Surrey , Guildford , Surrey GU2 7XH , United Kingdom
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- University of Sussex , Falmer , Brighton BN1 9RH , United Kingdom
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- University of Texas at Dallas , NanoTech Institute , Richardson , Texas 75080 , United States
- University of Texas at Dallas , Department of Chemistry , Richardson , Texas 75080 , United States
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- University of Texas at Dallas , NanoTech Institute , Richardson , Texas 75080 , United States
- University of Texas at Dallas , Department of Chemistry , Richardson , Texas 75080 , United States
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- University of Texas at Dallas , NanoTech Institute , Richardson , Texas 75080 , United States
- National University of Science and Technology , MISiS , Leninskiy prospect , Moscow , 119049 , Russia
- ITMO University , 49 Kronverksky Pr. St . Petersburg , 197101 , Russia
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Vatankhah AR, Hosseini MA, Malekie S. The characterization of gamma-irradiated carbon-nanostructured materials carried out using a multi-analytical approach including Raman spectroscopy. APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE 2019; 488:671-680. [DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2019.05.294] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/22/2023]
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Li L, Hong SK, Jo Y, Tian M, Woo CY, Kim SH, Kim JM, Lee HW. Transparent, Flexible Heater Based on Hybrid 2D Platform of Graphene and Dry-Spun Carbon Nanotubes. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2019; 11:16223-16232. [PMID: 30969110 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.9b02225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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A high-performance, flexible, and transparent heater based on a hybrid of dry-spun carbon nanotubes (CNT), which is pulled out directly from a super vertically aligned CNT forest, and graphene is fabricated. The electrical, optical, and electromechanical properties of two different kinds of hybrid devices, graphene above or below the CNT film, and simple CNT film heating devices that are made of one or two layers of CNTs, are studied. The results prove that the hybrid structured film heaters are superior to the simple CNT film heaters. The simple single-layer CNT film and double-layer CNT film heaters attain maximum temperatures of 48 and 64 °C with transmittances of 73 and 64% at a wavelength of 550 nm, respectively, whereas the single-layer CNT sheet/graphene/PET and graphene/single-layer CNT sheet/PET hybrid heaters attain maximum temperatures of 81 and 85 °C with transmittances of 68 and 71%, respectively. The 10 000 bending cycle test suggests that the graphene/single-layer CNT sheet/PET heater has good mechanical and thermal stability. Further, defrost test and portable heating with a 9 V battery prove the possibility of using the hybrid heater for vehicle defrosting, portable heating, and wearable devices.
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Wang Q, Ren W, Gao F, Qiu C, Wang Q, Gao F, Zhao C. Thermally Activated Multilayered Carbon Cloth as Flexible Supercapacitor Electrode Material with Significantly Enhanced Areal Energy Density. ChemElectroChem 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/celc.201801642] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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- Qinghua Wang
- College of Chemistry and Environment Minnan Normal University Zhangzhou 363000 PR China (Q.H. Wang) (Q.X. Wang
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- School of Chemistry The University of New South Wales Sydney NSW 2052 Australia (C. Zhao
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- College of Chemistry and Environment Minnan Normal University Zhangzhou 363000 PR China (Q.H. Wang) (Q.X. Wang
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- College of Chemistry and Environment Minnan Normal University Zhangzhou 363000 PR China (Q.H. Wang) (Q.X. Wang
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- College of Chemistry and Environment Minnan Normal University Zhangzhou 363000 PR China (Q.H. Wang) (Q.X. Wang
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- College of Chemistry and Environment Minnan Normal University Zhangzhou 363000 PR China (Q.H. Wang) (Q.X. Wang
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- School of Chemistry The University of New South Wales Sydney NSW 2052 Australia (C. Zhao
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Mechanical and Electroconductive Properties of Mono- and Bilayer Graphene–Carbon Nanotube Films. COATINGS 2019. [DOI: 10.3390/coatings9020074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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This article presents the results of a computer study of electrical conductivity and deformation behavior of new graphene–carbon nanotube (CNT) composite films under bending and stretching. Mono- and bilayer hybrid structures with CNTs (10,0) and (12,0) and an inter-tube distance of 10 and 12 hexagons were considered. It is revealed that elastic deformation is characteristic for mono- and bilayer composite films both in bending and stretching. It is found that, in the case of bending in a direction perpendicular to CNTs, the composite film takes the form of an arc, and, in the case of bending in a direction along CNTs, the composite film exhibits behavior that is characteristic of a beam subjected to bending deformation as a result of exposure to vertical force at its free end. It is shown that mono- and bilayer composite films are more resistant to axial stretching in the direction perpendicular to CNTs. The bilayer composite films with an inter-tube distance of 12 hexagons demonstrate the greatest resistance to stretching in a direction perpendicular to CNTs. It is established that the CNT diameter and the inter-tube distance significantly affect the strength limits of composite films under axial stretching in a direction along CNTs. The composite films with CNT (10,0) and an inter-tube distance of 12 hexagons exhibit the highest resistance to stretching in a direction along CNTs. The calculated distribution of local stresses of the atomic network of deformed mono- and bilayer composite films showed that the maximum stresses fall on atoms forming covalent bonds between graphene and CNT, regardless of the CNT diameter and inter-tube distance. The destruction of covalent bonds occurs at the stress of ~1.8 GPa. It is revealed that the electrical resistance of mono- and bilayer composite films decreases with increasing bending. At the same time, the electrical resistance of a bilayer film is 1.5–2 times less than that of a monolayer film. The lowest electrical resistance is observed for composite films with a CNT (12,0) of metallic conductivity.
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Mallikarjuna K, Kim H. Highly Transparent Conductive Reduced Graphene Oxide/Silver Nanowires/Silver Grid Electrodes for Low-Voltage Electrochromic Smart Windows. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2019; 11:1969-1978. [PMID: 30571910 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.8b14086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Transparent conductive electrodes (TCEs) based on hybrid structures (silver nanowires) have been compressively reconnoitered in next-generation electronics such as flexible displays, artificial skins, smart windows, and sensors because of their admirable conductivity as well as flexibility, which make them favorable substitutes to replace ITO (indium tin oxide) as a transparent conductor. Nevertheless, silver-based TCEs grieve from poor stability because of the corrosion and oxidation of silver in electrolytes. To overcome these issues, a RGO (reduced graphene oxide) layer on silver was promoted to resolve the difficulties of corrosion and oxidation in the electrolyte. Moreover, we successfully designed and demonstrated low-voltage WO3-based electrochromic devices (ECDs) with fabricated hybrid TCEs. The hybrid electrodes with RGO/silver nanowires/metal grid/PET (RAM) electrode exhibited improvements in the switching stability and optoelectronic properties, such as the sheet resistance (0.714 ohm/sq) as well as optical transparency of 90.9%. The coloration and bleaching behavior of the ECD was observed in an applied low-voltage range of -1.0 to 0.0 V with a maximum optical difference of 72% at 700 nm, which yielded a coloration efficiency (η) of ∼33.4 cm2/C. The highly conductive hybrid TCEs exhibit favorable features for numerous embryonic flexible electronics and optoelectronic devices.
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- Koduru Mallikarjuna
- School of Materials Science and Engineering , Yeungnum University , Gyeongsan 712 749 , Republic of Korea
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering , Yeungnum University , Gyeongsan 712 749 , Republic of Korea
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Rao R, Pint CL, Islam AE, Weatherup RS, Hofmann S, Meshot ER, Wu F, Zhou C, Dee N, Amama PB, Carpena-Nuñez J, Shi W, Plata DL, Penev ES, Yakobson BI, Balbuena PB, Bichara C, Futaba DN, Noda S, Shin H, Kim KS, Simard B, Mirri F, Pasquali M, Fornasiero F, Kauppinen EI, Arnold M, Cola BA, Nikolaev P, Arepalli S, Cheng HM, Zakharov DN, Stach EA, Zhang J, Wei F, Terrones M, Geohegan DB, Maruyama B, Maruyama S, Li Y, Adams WW, Hart AJ. Carbon Nanotubes and Related Nanomaterials: Critical Advances and Challenges for Synthesis toward Mainstream Commercial Applications. ACS NANO 2018; 12:11756-11784. [PMID: 30516055 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.8b06511] [Citation(s) in RCA: 174] [Impact Index Per Article: 29.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Advances in the synthesis and scalable manufacturing of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) remain critical to realizing many important commercial applications. Here we review recent breakthroughs in the synthesis of SWCNTs and highlight key ongoing research areas and challenges. A few key applications that capitalize on the properties of SWCNTs are also reviewed with respect to the recent synthesis breakthroughs and ways in which synthesis science can enable advances in these applications. While the primary focus of this review is on the science framework of SWCNT growth, we draw connections to mechanisms underlying the synthesis of other 1D and 2D materials such as boron nitride nanotubes and graphene.
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- Rahul Rao
- Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory , Wright Patterson Air Force Base , Dayton , Ohio 45433 , United States
- UES Inc. , Dayton , Ohio 45433 , United States
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering , Vanderbilt University , Nashville , Tennessee 37235 United States
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- Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory , Wright Patterson Air Force Base , Dayton , Ohio 45433 , United States
- UES Inc. , Dayton , Ohio 45433 , United States
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- School of Chemistry , University of Manchester , Oxford Road , Manchester M13 9PL , U.K
- University of Manchester at Harwell, Diamond Light Source, Didcot , Oxfordshire OX11 0DE , U.K
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- Department of Engineering , University of Cambridge , Cambridge CB3 0FA , U.K
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- Physical and Life Sciences Directorate , Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory , Livermore , California 94550 United States
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- Ming-Hsieh Department of Electrical Engineering , University of Southern California , Los Angeles , California 90089 , United States
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- Ming-Hsieh Department of Electrical Engineering , University of Southern California , Los Angeles , California 90089 , United States
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering , Massachusetts Institute of Technology , Cambridge , Massachusetts 02139 , United States
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- Tim Taylor Department of Chemical Engineering , Kansas State University , Manhattan , Kansas 66506 , United States
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- Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory , Wright Patterson Air Force Base , Dayton , Ohio 45433 , United States
- UES Inc. , Dayton , Ohio 45433 , United States
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- Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering , Yale University , New Haven , Connecticut 06520 , United States
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering , Massachusetts Institute of Technology , Cambridge , Massachusetts 02139 , United States
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- Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering , Rice University , Houston , Texas 77005 , United States
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- Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering , Rice University , Houston , Texas 77005 , United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Department of Chemistry , Texas A&M University , College Station , Texas 77843 , United States
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- Aix-Marseille University and CNRS , CINaM UMR 7325 , 13288 Marseille , France
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- Nanotube Research Center , National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) , Tsukuba 305-8565 , Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry and Waseda Research Institute for Science and Engineering , Waseda University , 3-4-1 Okubo , Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 169-8555 , Japan
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- Security and Disruptive Technologies Research Centre, Emerging Technologies Division , National Research Council Canada , Ottawa , Ontario K1A 0R6 , Canada
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- Security and Disruptive Technologies Research Centre, Emerging Technologies Division , National Research Council Canada , Ottawa , Ontario K1A 0R6 , Canada
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- Security and Disruptive Technologies Research Centre, Emerging Technologies Division , National Research Council Canada , Ottawa , Ontario K1A 0R6 , Canada
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- Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering , Rice University , Houston , Texas 77005 , United States
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- Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering , Rice University , Houston , Texas 77005 , United States
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- Physical and Life Sciences Directorate , Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory , Livermore , California 94550 United States
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- Department of Applied Physics , Aalto University School of Science , P.O. Box 15100 , FI-00076 Espoo , Finland
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering University of Wisconsin-Madison , Madison , Wisconsin 53706 , United States
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- George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering and School of Materials Science and Engineering , Georgia Institute of Technology , Atlanta , Georgia 30332 , United States
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- Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory , Wright Patterson Air Force Base , Dayton , Ohio 45433 , United States
- UES Inc. , Dayton , Ohio 45433 , United States
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- Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering , Rice University , Houston , Texas 77005 , United States
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- Tsinghua-Berkeley Shenzhen Institute , Tsinghua University , Shenzhen 518055 , China
- Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science , Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Shenyang 110016 , China
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- Center for Functional Nanomaterials , Brookhaven National Laboratory , Upton , New York 11973 , United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering , University of Pennsylvania , Philadelphia , Pennsylvania 19104 , United States
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering , Peking University , Beijing 100871 , China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Reaction Engineering and Technology, Department of Chemical Engineering , Tsinghua University , Beijing 100084 , China
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- Department of Physics and Center for Two-Dimensional and Layered Materials , The Pennsylvania State University , University Park , Pennsylvania 16802 , United States
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- Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences , Oak Ridge National Laboratory , Oak Ridge , Tennessee 37831 , United States
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- Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory , Wright Patterson Air Force Base , Dayton , Ohio 45433 , United States
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering , The University of Tokyo , 7-3-1 Hongo , Bunkyo-ku , Tokyo 113-8656 , Japan
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering , Peking University , Beijing 100871 , China
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- Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering , Rice University , Houston , Texas 77005 , United States
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering , Massachusetts Institute of Technology , Cambridge , Massachusetts 02139 , United States
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Transparent Conductive Electrodes Based on Graphene-Related Materials. MICROMACHINES 2018; 10:mi10010013. [PMID: 30587828 PMCID: PMC6356588 DOI: 10.3390/mi10010013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2018] [Revised: 12/14/2018] [Accepted: 12/18/2018] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Transparent conducting electrodes (TCEs) are the most important key component in photovoltaic and display technology. In particular, graphene has been considered as a viable substitute for indium tin oxide (ITO) due to its optical transparency, excellent electrical conductivity, and chemical stability. The outstanding mechanical strength of graphene also provides an opportunity to apply it as a flexible electrode in wearable electronic devices. At the early stage of the development, TCE films that were produced only with graphene or graphene oxide (GO) were mainly reported. However, since then, the hybrid structure of graphene or GO mixed with other TCE materials has been investigated to further improve TCE performance by complementing the shortcomings of each material. This review provides a summary of the fabrication technology and the performance of various TCE films prepared with graphene-related materials, including graphene that is grown by chemical vapor deposition (CVD) and GO or reduced GO (rGO) dispersed solution and their composite with other TCE materials, such as carbon nanotubes, metal nanowires, and other conductive organic/inorganic material. Finally, several representative applications of the graphene-based TCE films are introduced, including solar cells, organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs), and electrochromic devices.
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Xu ST, Mou LL, Fan F, Chen S, Zhao Z, Xiang D, Jung de Andrade M, Liu Z, Chang SJ. Mechanical modulation of terahertz wave via buckled carbon nanotube sheets. OPTICS EXPRESS 2018; 26:28738-28750. [PMID: 30470046 DOI: 10.1364/oe.26.028738] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2018] [Accepted: 10/15/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Manipulation of terahertz (THz) wave plays an important role in THz imaging, communication, and detection. The difficulty in manipulating the THz wave includes single function, untunable, and inconvenient integration. Here, we present a mechanically tunable THz polarizer by using stretchable buckled carbon nanotube sheets on natural rubber substrate (BCNTS/rubber). The transmittance and degree of polarization of THz wave can be modulated by stretching the BCNTS/rubber. The experiments showed that the degree of polarization increased from 17% to 97%, and the modulation depth reached 365% in the range of 0.2-1.2 THz, as the BCNTS/rubber was stretched from 0% to 150% strain. These changes can be also used for high strain sensing up to 150% strain, with a maximum sensitivity of 2.5 M/S. A spatial modulation of THz imaging was also realized by stretching and rotating BCNTS/rubber. The theoretical analysis and numerical modeling further confirm the BCNTS/rubber changes from weak anisotropic to highly anisotropic structure, which play key roles in THz wave modulation. This approach for active THz wave manipulation can be widely used in polarization imaging, wearable material for security, and highly sensitive strain sensing.
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Li W, Teng C, Sun Y, Cai L, Xu JL, Sun M, Li X, Yang X, Xiang L, Xie D, Ren T. Sprayed, Scalable, Wearable, and Portable NO 2 Sensor Array Using Fully Flexible AgNPs-All-Carbon Nanostructures. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2018; 10:34485-34493. [PMID: 30215501 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.8b11254] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Flexible chemical sensors usually require transfer of prepared layers or whole device onto special flexible substrates and further attachment to target objects, limiting the practical applications. Herein, a sprayed gas sensor array utilizing silver nanoparticles (AgNPs)-all-carbon hybrid nanostructures is introduced to enable direct device preparation on various target objects. The fully flexible device is formed using metallic single-walled carbon nanotubes as conductive electrodes and AgNPs-decorated reduced graphene oxide as sensing layers. The sensor presents sensitive response ( Ra/ Rg) of 6.0-20 ppm NO2, great mechanical robustness (3000 bending cycles), and obvious sensing ability as low as 0.2 ppm NO2 at room temperature. The sensitivity is about 3.3 and 13 times as that of the sample based on metal electrodes and the sample without AgNP decoration. The fabrication method demonstrates good scalability and suitability on the planar and nonplanar supports. The devices attached on a lab coat or the human body perform stable performance, indicating practicability in wearable and portable fields. The flexible and scalable sensor provides a new choice for real-time monitoring of toxic gases in personal mobile electronics and human-machine interactions.
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- Weiwei Li
- Department of Basic Sciences Foundation , Air Force Engineering University , Xi'an 710051 , China
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- Department of Basic Sciences Foundation , Air Force Engineering University , Xi'an 710051 , China
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- Institute of Functional Nano and Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-based Functional Materials and Devices , Soochow University , Suzhou 215123 , China
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Information Service Technology of Ministry of Agriculture, Agricultural Information Institute , Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences , Beijing 100081 , China
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- Department of Basic Sciences Foundation , Air Force Engineering University , Xi'an 710051 , China
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Glukhova OE, Nefedov IS, Shalin AS, Slepchenkov ММ. New 2D graphene hybrid composites as an effective base element of optical nanodevices. BEILSTEIN JOURNAL OF NANOTECHNOLOGY 2018; 9:1321-1327. [PMID: 29977667 PMCID: PMC6009438 DOI: 10.3762/bjnano.9.125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2017] [Accepted: 03/29/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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For the first time, we estimated perspectives for using a new 2D carbon nanotube (CNT)-graphene hybrid nanocomposite as a base element of a new generation o optical nanodevices. The 2D CNT-graphene hybrid nanocomposite was modelled by two graphene monolayers between which single-walled CNTs with different diameters were regularly arranged at different distances from each other. Spectra of the real and imaginary parts of the diagonal elements of the surface conductivity tensor for four topological models of the hybrid nanocomposite have been obtained. The absorption coefficient for p-polarized and s-polarized radiation was calculated for different topological models of the hybrid nanocomposite. It was found that the characteristic peaks with high intensity appear in the UV region at wavelengths from 150 to 350 nm (related to graphene) and in the optical range from 380 to 740 nm irrespective of the diameter of the tubes and the distance between them. For waves corresponding to the most intense peaks, the absorption coefficient as a function of the angle of incidence was calculated. It was shown that the optical properties of the hybrid nanocomposite were approximately equal for both metallic and semiconductor nanotubes.
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- Olga E Glukhova
- Department of Physics, Saratov State University, Astrakhanskaya street 83, 410012 Saratov, Russia
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- Laboratory Nanooptomechanics, ITMO University, St. Petersburg, 197101, Russia
- Aalto University, School of Electrical Engineering, P.O. Box 13000, 00076 Aalto, Finland
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- Laboratory Nanooptomechanics, ITMO University, St. Petersburg, 197101, Russia
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- Department of Physics, Saratov State University, Astrakhanskaya street 83, 410012 Saratov, Russia
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Liu L, Shang W, Han C, Zhang Q, Yao Y, Ma X, Wang M, Yu H, Duan Y, Sun J, Chen S, Huang W. Two-In-One Method for Graphene Transfer: Simplified Fabrication Process for Organic Light-Emitting Diodes. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2018; 10:7289-7295. [PMID: 29400053 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.7b19039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Graphene as one of the most promising transparent electrode materials has been successfully applied in organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs). However, traditional poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) transfer method usually results in hardly removed polymeric residues on the graphene surface, which induces unwanted leakage current, poor diode behavior, and even device failure. In this work, we proposed a facile and efficient two-in-one method to obtain clean graphene and fabricate OLEDs, in which the poly(9,9-di-n-octylfluorene-alt-(1,4-phenylene-(4-sec-butylphenyl)imino)-1,4-phenylene) (TFB) layer was inserted between the graphene and PMMA film both as a protector during the graphene transfer and a hole-injection layer in OLEDs. Finally, green OLED devices were successfully fabricated on the PMMA-free graphene/TFB film, and the device luminous efficiency was increased from 64.8 to 74.5 cd/A by using the two-in-one method. Therefore, the proposed two-in-one graphene transfer method realizes a high-efficient graphene transfer and device fabrication process, which is also compatible with the roll-to-roll manufacturing. It is expected that this work can enlighten the design and fabrication of the graphene-based optoelectronic devices.
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- Lihui Liu
- Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics and Information Displays & Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biosensors, Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM), Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications , 9 Wenyuan Road, Nanjing 210023, China
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- Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics and Information Displays & Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biosensors, Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM), Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications , 9 Wenyuan Road, Nanjing 210023, China
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- Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics and Information Displays & Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biosensors, Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM), Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications , 9 Wenyuan Road, Nanjing 210023, China
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- Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics and Information Displays & Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biosensors, Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM), Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications , 9 Wenyuan Road, Nanjing 210023, China
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- Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics and Information Displays & Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biosensors, Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM), Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications , 9 Wenyuan Road, Nanjing 210023, China
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- Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics and Information Displays & Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biosensors, Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM), Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications , 9 Wenyuan Road, Nanjing 210023, China
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- Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics and Information Displays & Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biosensors, Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM), Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications , 9 Wenyuan Road, Nanjing 210023, China
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- Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics and Information Displays & Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biosensors, Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM), Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications , 9 Wenyuan Road, Nanjing 210023, China
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- State Key Laboratory on Integrated Optoelectronics, College of Electronic Science and Engineering, Jilin University , Changchun 130012, China
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- Key Laboratory of Optoelectronics Technology, College of Microelectronics, Beijing University of Technology , Beijing 100124, China
- Department of Microtechnology and Nanoscience (MC2), Chalmers University of Technology , Göteborg 41296, Sweden
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- Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics and Information Displays & Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biosensors, Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM), Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications , 9 Wenyuan Road, Nanjing 210023, China
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- Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics and Information Displays & Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biosensors, Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM), Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications , 9 Wenyuan Road, Nanjing 210023, China
- Institute of Flexible Electronics (SIFE), Northwestern Polytechnical University (NPU) , 127 West Youyi Road, Xi'an 710072 Shaanxi, China
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Signetti S, Taioli S, Pugno NM. 2D Material Armors Showing Superior Impact Strength of Few Layers. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2017; 9:40820-40830. [PMID: 29120161 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.7b12030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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We study the ballistic properties of two-dimensional (2D) materials upon the hypervelocity impacts of C60 fullerene molecules combining ab initio density functional tight binding and finite element simulations. The critical penetration energy of monolayer membranes is determined using graphene and the 2D allotrope of boron nitride as case studies. Furthermore, the energy absorption scaling laws with a variable number of layers and interlayer spacing are investigated, for homogeneous or hybrid configurations (alternated stacking of graphene and boron nitride). At the nanolevel, a synergistic interaction between the layers emerges, not observed at the micro- and macro-scale for graphene armors. This size-scale transition in the impact behavior toward higher dimensional scales is rationalized in terms of scaling of the damaged volume and material strength. An optimal number of layers, between 5 and 10, emerges demonstrating that few-layered 2D material armors possess impact strength even higher than their monolayer counterparts. These results provide fundamental understanding for the design of ultralightweight multilayer armors using enhanced 2D material-based nanocomposites.
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- Stefano Signetti
- Laboratory of Bio-Inspired and Graphene Nanomechanics, Department of Civil, Environmental and Mechanical Engineering, University of Trento , via Mesiano 77, I-38123 Trento, Italy
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- European Centre for Theoretical Studies in Nuclear Physics and Related Areas, Fondazione Bruno Kessler & Trento Institute for Fundamental Physics and Applications , strada delle Tabarelle 286, Villazzano, I-38123 Trento, Italy
- Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University , Praha 8, 180 00 Prague, Czech Republic
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- Laboratory of Bio-Inspired and Graphene Nanomechanics, Department of Civil, Environmental and Mechanical Engineering, University of Trento , via Mesiano 77, I-38123 Trento, Italy
- School of Engineering and Materials Science, Queen Mary University of London , Mile End Road, E1 4NS London, U.K
- Ket-Lab, Edoardo Amaldi Foundation, Italian Space Agency , via del Politecnico snc, I-00133 Roma, Italy
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Lee YR, Kwon H, Lee DH, Lee BY. Highly flexible and transparent dielectric elastomer actuators using silver nanowire and carbon nanotube hybrid electrodes. SOFT MATTER 2017; 13:6390-6395. [PMID: 28868554 DOI: 10.1039/c7sm01329a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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We demonstrate a dielectric elastomer actuator (DEA) with a high areal strain value of 146% using hybrid electrodes of silver nanowires (AgNWs) and single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs). The addition of a very small amount of SWCNTs (∼35 ng mm-2) to a highly resistive AgNW network resulted in a remarkable reduction of the electrode sheet resistance by three orders, increasing the breakdown field by 183% and maximum strain, while maintaining the reduction of optical transmittance within 11%. The DEA based on our transparent and stretchable hybrid electrodes can be easily fabricated by a simple vacuum filtration and transfer process of the electrode film on a pre-strained dielectric elastomer membrane. We expect that our approach will be useful in the future for fabricating stretchable and transparent electrodes in various soft electronic devices.
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- Ye Rim Lee
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea.
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Zeng Z, Jin H, Chen M, Li W, Zhou L, Xue X, Zhang Z. Microstructure Design of Lightweight, Flexible, and High Electromagnetic Shielding Porous Multiwalled Carbon Nanotube/Polymer Composites. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2017; 13:1701388. [PMID: 28696564 DOI: 10.1002/smll.201701388] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2017] [Revised: 06/06/2017] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Multiwalled carbon nanotube/polymer composites with aligned and isotropic micropores are constructed by a facile ice-templated freeze-drying method in a wide density range, with controllable types and contents of the nanoscale building blocks, in order to tune the shielding performance together with the considerable mechanical and electrical properties. Under the mutual promotion of the frame and porous structure, the lightweight high-performance shielding is achieved: a 2.3 mm thick sample can reach 46.7 and 21.7 dB in the microwave X-band while the density is merely 32.3 and 9.0 mg cm-3 , respectively. The lowest density corresponds to a value of shielding effectiveness divided by both the density and thickness up to 104 dB cm2 g-1 , far beyond the conductive polymer composites with other fillers ever reported. The shielding mechanism of the flexible porous materials is further demonstrated by an in situ compression experiment.
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- Zhihui Zeng
- CAS Key Laboratory of Nanosystem and Hierarchical Fabrication, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing, 100190, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Nanosystem and Hierarchical Fabrication, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing, 100190, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Nanosystem and Hierarchical Fabrication, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing, 100190, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Nanosystem and Hierarchical Fabrication, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing, 100190, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Turbulence and Complex Systems, College of Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Nanosystem and Hierarchical Fabrication, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing, 100190, China
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Nanosystem and Hierarchical Fabrication, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing, 100190, China
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Li K, Jin S, Han Y, Li J, Chen H. Improvement in Functional Properties of Soy Protein Isolate-Based Film by Cellulose Nanocrystal⁻Graphene Artificial Nacre Nanocomposite. Polymers (Basel) 2017; 9:E321. [PMID: 30970998 PMCID: PMC6418927 DOI: 10.3390/polym9080321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2017] [Revised: 07/23/2017] [Accepted: 07/25/2017] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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A facile, inexpensive, and green approach for the production of stable graphene dispersion was proposed in this study. We fabricated soy protein isolate (SPI)-based nanocomposite films with the combination of 2D negative charged graphene and 1D positive charged polyethyleneimine (PEI)-modified cellulose nanocrystals (CNC) via a layer-by-layer assembly method. The morphologies and surface charges of graphene sheets and CNC segments were characterized by atomic force microscopy and Zeta potential measurements. The hydrogen bonds and multiple interface interactions between the filler and SPI matrix were analyzed by Attenuated Total Reflectance⁻Fourier Transform Infrared spectra and X-ray diffraction patterns. Scanning electron microscopy demonstrated the cross-linked and laminated structures in the fracture surface of the films. In comparison with the unmodified SPI film, the tensile strength and surface contact angles of the SPI/graphene/PEI-CNC film were significantly improved, by 99.73% and 37.13% respectively. The UV⁻visible light barrier ability, water resistance, and thermal stability were also obviously enhanced. With these improved functional properties, this novel bio-nanocomposite film showed considerable potential for application for food packaging materials.
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- Kuang Li
- Key Laboratory of Wood Materials Science and Utilization (Beijing Forestry University), Ministry of Education, Beijing 100083, China.
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Wood Science and Engineering, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China.
- College of Materials Science and Technology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Wood Materials Science and Utilization (Beijing Forestry University), Ministry of Education, Beijing 100083, China.
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Wood Science and Engineering, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China.
- College of Materials Science and Technology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Wood Materials Science and Utilization (Beijing Forestry University), Ministry of Education, Beijing 100083, China.
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Wood Science and Engineering, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China.
- College of Materials Science and Technology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Wood Materials Science and Utilization (Beijing Forestry University), Ministry of Education, Beijing 100083, China.
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Wood Science and Engineering, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China.
- College of Materials Science and Technology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Wood Materials Science and Utilization (Beijing Forestry University), Ministry of Education, Beijing 100083, China.
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Wood Science and Engineering, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China.
- College of Materials Science and Technology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China.
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Núñez JD, Benito AM, Rouzière S, Launois P, Arenal R, Ajayan PM, Maser WK. Graphene oxide-carbon nanotube hybrid assemblies: cooperatively strengthened OH···O 0000000000000000000000000000000000 0000000000000000000000000000000000 0000000000000000000000000000000000 0000000000000000000000000000000000 0000000000000000000000000000000000 0000000000000000000000000000000000 0000000000000000000000000000000000 0000000000000000000000000000000000 0000000000000000000000000000000000 0000000000000000000000000000000000 0000000000000000000000000000000000 0000000000000000000000000000000000 0000000000000000000000000000000000 0000000000000000000000000000000000 0000000000000000000000000000000000 1111111111111111111111111111111111 1111111111111111111111111111111111 0000000000000000000000000000000000 0000000000000000000000000000000000 0000000000000000000000000000000000 0000000000000000000000000000000000 1111111111111111111111111111111111 1111111111111111111111111111111111 0000000000000000000000000000000000 0000000000000000000000000000000000 0000000000000000000000000000000000 0000000000000000000000000000000000 0000000000000000000000000000000000 0000000000000000000000000000000000 0000000000000000000000000000000000 0000000000000000000000000000000000 0000000000000000000000000000000000 0000000000000000000000000000000000 0000000000000000000000000000000000 C hydrogen bonds and the removal of chemisorbed water. Chem Sci 2017; 8:4987-4995. [PMID: 28989597 PMCID: PMC5625303 DOI: 10.1039/c7sc00223h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2017] [Accepted: 05/01/2017] [Indexed: 12/05/2022] Open
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The effective removal of chemisorbed water in graphene oxide by oxidized carbon nanotubes via cooperatively strengthened OH···OC hydrogen bonds.
Owing to their great significance for energy storage and sensing applications, multi-layer papers consisting of graphene oxide–carbon nanotube (GO–CNT) hybrid sheets were prepared by in situ exfoliation of graphite oxide in the presence of oxidized CNTs (oCNTs). For the first time we elucidate the influence of oCNTs on chemisorbed water (CW), i.e. the water molecules inherently bound to the oxygen functional groups (OFGs) of graphene oxide (GO) and responsible for irreversible structural damage upon thermal reduction processes. We show that oCNTs self-assemble onto GO sheets during the liquid phase processing steps by forming cooperatively strengthened OH···OC hydrogen bonds between the carboxylic groups of the oCNTs and OFGs of GO. At oCNT amounts of about 10 to 15 wt% this leads to the displacement of considerable amounts of CW without altering the original chemical composition of GO. The thermally reduced GO–CNT (rGO–CNT) papers reveal improved sp2 character and an enhancement of the specific capacitance by 75% with respect to thermally reduced GO (rGO), largely due to the effective removal of CW by oxidized CNTs. These findings disclose the relevance of the cooperative hydrogen bonding phenomena in graphene oxide paper/film electrodes for the development of improved electrochemical energy storage and sensing devices.
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- J D Núñez
- Instituto de Carboquímica (ICB-CSIC) , E-50018 Zaragoza , Spain . ; Tel: +34 976 73 39 77
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- Instituto de Carboquímica (ICB-CSIC) , E-50018 Zaragoza , Spain . ; Tel: +34 976 73 39 77
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- Laboratoire de Physique des Solides , CNRS , Univ. Paris-Sud , Univ. Paris Saclay , F-91405 Orsay Cedex , France
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- Laboratoire de Physique des Solides , CNRS , Univ. Paris-Sud , Univ. Paris Saclay , F-91405 Orsay Cedex , France
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- Laboratorio de Microscopias Avanzadas , Instituto de Nanociencias de Aragón , Univ. Zaragoza , E-50018 Zaragoza , Spain.,ARAID Foundation , E-50018 Zaragoza , Spain
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- Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering , Rice University , Houston , Texas 77005 , USA
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- Instituto de Carboquímica (ICB-CSIC) , E-50018 Zaragoza , Spain . ; Tel: +34 976 73 39 77
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Yang Y, Huang Q, Niu L, Wang D, Yan C, She Y, Zheng Z. Waterproof, Ultrahigh Areal-Capacitance, Wearable Supercapacitor Fabrics. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2017; 29. [PMID: 28234421 DOI: 10.1002/adma.201606679] [Citation(s) in RCA: 125] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2016] [Revised: 12/28/2016] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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High-performance supercapacitors (SCs) are promising energy storage devices to meet the pressing demand for future wearable applications. Because the surface area of a human body is limited to 2 m2 , the key challenge in this field is how to realize a high areal capacitance for SCs, while achieving rapid charging, good capacitive retention, flexibility, and waterproofing. To address this challenge, low-cost materials are used including multiwall carbon nanotube (MWCNT), reduced graphene oxide (RGO), and metallic textiles to fabricate composite fabric electrodes, in which MWCNT and RGO are alternatively vacuum-filtrated directly onto Ni-coated cotton fabrics. The composite fabric electrodes display typical electrical double layer capacitor behavior, and reach an ultrahigh areal capacitance up to 6.2 F cm-2 at a high areal current density of 20 mA cm-2 . All-solid-state fabric-type SC devices made with the composite fabric electrodes and water-repellent treatment can reach record-breaking performance of 2.7 F cm-2 at 20 mA cm-2 at the first charge-discharge cycle, 3.2 F cm-2 after 10 000 charge-discharge cycles, zero capacitive decay after 10 000 bending tests, and 10 h continuous underwater operation. The SC devices are easy to assemble into tandem structures and integrate into garments by simple sewing.
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- Yu Yang
- Laboratory for Advanced Interfacial Materials and Devices, Institute of Textiles and Clothing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, S. A. R., China
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- Laboratory for Advanced Interfacial Materials and Devices, Institute of Textiles and Clothing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, S. A. R., China
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- Laboratory for Advanced Interfacial Materials and Devices, Institute of Textiles and Clothing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, S. A. R., China
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- Laboratory for Advanced Interfacial Materials and Devices, Institute of Textiles and Clothing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, S. A. R., China
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- Laboratory for Advanced Interfacial Materials and Devices, Institute of Textiles and Clothing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, S. A. R., China
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- Laboratory for Advanced Interfacial Materials and Devices, Institute of Textiles and Clothing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, S. A. R., China
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- Laboratory for Advanced Interfacial Materials and Devices, Institute of Textiles and Clothing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, S. A. R., China
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Zhang J, Chen Z, Xu X, Liao W, Yang L. A simple and efficient approach to fabricate graphene/CNT hybrid transparent conductive films. RSC Adv 2017. [DOI: 10.1039/c7ra09809j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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In this paper, a novel and scalable method to fabricate graphene/carbon nanotube (CNT) hybrid transparent conductive films on Cu substrates, which combines electroplating and chemical vapor deposition (CVD) is proposed and demonstrated.
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- Jianhua Zhang
- Key Laboratory of Advanced Display and System Applications
- Ministry of Education
- Shanghai University
- Shanghai 200072
- China
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- Key Laboratory of Advanced Display and System Applications
- Ministry of Education
- Shanghai University
- Shanghai 200072
- China
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- Key Laboratory of Advanced Display and System Applications
- Ministry of Education
- Shanghai University
- Shanghai 200072
- China
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- Key Laboratory of Advanced Display and System Applications
- Ministry of Education
- Shanghai University
- Shanghai 200072
- China
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- Key Laboratory of Advanced Display and System Applications
- Ministry of Education
- Shanghai University
- Shanghai 200072
- China
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Continuous hierarchical carbon nanotube/reduced graphene oxide hybrid films for supercapacitors. Electrochim Acta 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2016.12.159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Eng AYS, Chua CK, Pumera M. Facile labelling of graphene oxide for superior capacitive energy storage and fluorescence applications. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2016; 18:9673-81. [PMID: 26998537 DOI: 10.1039/c5cp07254a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The majority of supercapacitor research studies on graphene materials today have been based upon developing electrochemical double-layer capacitors (EDLCs) using reduced graphenes. In contrast, graphene oxide (GO) is often neglected as a supercapacitor candidate due to its low electrical conductivity and surface area. Nonetheless, we present herein a fast (1 h) labelling of GO with o-phenylenediamine (PD) to produce PD-GO, exploiting inherent oxygen groups in creating new functionalities that exhibit capacitive enhancement from pseudo-capacitance. A high specific capacitance of 191 F g(-1) was obtained (at 0.2 A g(-1)), comparable to recent binder-free graphene supercapacitors. The large surface-normalized capacitance of up to 628 μF cm(-2) is also many times greater than the intrinsic capacitance of single-layer graphene (21 μF cm(-2)) as a result of additional pseudo-capacitance. A high capacity retention of ∼85% with each 10-fold increase in current density further indicates excellent rate performance. Hence, this approach in enhancing GO pseudo-capacitance may be similarly feasible as graphene EDLCs. Additionally, PD-GO was also found to exhibit a bright green fluorescence with a 540 nm maximum. The strongest fluorescence intensities arose from the smallest PD-GO fragments, and we attribute the origin to localised sp(2) domains and newly formed phenazine edge groups. The dual enhancement of dissimilar properties such as capacitance and fluorescence emphasizes the continued significance of covalent functionalisation towards tuning of properties in graphene-type materials.
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- Alex Yong Sheng Eng
- Division of Chemistry & Biological Chemistry, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 637371, Singapore.
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- Division of Chemistry & Biological Chemistry, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 637371, Singapore.
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- Division of Chemistry & Biological Chemistry, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 637371, Singapore.
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Liu Y, Wang F, Liu Y, Wang X, Xu Y, Zhang R. Charge transfer at carbon nanotube-graphene van der Waals heterojunctions. NANOSCALE 2016; 8:12883-6. [PMID: 27315403 DOI: 10.1039/c6nr03965k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Carbon nanotubes and graphene are two most widely investigated low-dimensional materials for photonic and optoelectronic devices. Combining these two materials into all-carbon hybrid nanostructures has shown enhanced properties in a range of devices, such as photodetectors and flexible electrodes. Interfacial charge transfer is the most fundamental physical process that directly impacts device design and performance, but remains a subject less well studied. Here, we complemented Raman spectroscopy with photocurrent probing, a robust way of illustrating the interfacial built-in fields, and unambiguously revealed both static and dynamic (photo-induced) charge transfer processes at the nanotube-graphene interfaces. Significantly, the effects of nanotube species, i.e. metallic as opposed to semiconducting, are for the first time compared. Of all the devices examined, the graphene sheet was found to be p-type doped with (6, 5) chirality-enriched semiconducting SWNTs (s-SWNTs), while n-type doped with highly pure (>99%) metallic SWNTs (m-SWNTs). Our results provide important design guidelines for all-carbon hybrid based devices.
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- Yuanda Liu
- School of Electronic Science and Engineering and Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China.
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Xu Y, Liu J. Graphene as Transparent Electrodes: Fabrication and New Emerging Applications. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2016; 12:1400-19. [PMID: 26854030 DOI: 10.1002/smll.201502988] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2015] [Revised: 11/11/2015] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Graphene has been regarded as a promising candidate for a new generation of transparent electrodes (TEs) due to its prominent characteristics including high optical transmittance, exceptional electronic transport, outstanding mechanical strength, and environmental stability. Comprehensive and critical insights into the latest advances in graphene-based TEs (GTEs) since, but not limited to 2013, are provided, with an emphasis on fabrication, modification, and versatile applications. Several emerging application areas not previously summarized, including electrochromic devices, supercapacitors, electrochemical and electrochemiluminescent sensors, are discussed in detail. The challenges and prospects in these fields are also addressed.
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- Yuanhong Xu
- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Laboratory of Fiber Materials and Modern Textiles, the Growing Base for State Key Laboratory, Collaborative Innovation Center for Marine Biomass Fibers, Materials and Textiles of Shandong Province, Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266071, China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Laboratory of Fiber Materials and Modern Textiles, the Growing Base for State Key Laboratory, Collaborative Innovation Center for Marine Biomass Fibers, Materials and Textiles of Shandong Province, Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266071, China
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Guo Y, Li K, Hou C, Li Y, Zhang Q, Wang H. Fluoroalkylsilane-Modified Textile-Based Personal Energy Management Device for Multifunctional Wearable Applications. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2016; 8:4676-83. [PMID: 26809194 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b11622] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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The rapid development of wearable electronics in recent years has brought increasing energy consumption, making it an urgent need to focus on personal energy harvesting, storage and management. Herein, a textile-based personal energy management device with multilayer-coating structure was fabricated by encapsulating commercial nylon cloth coated with silver nanowires into polydimethylsiloxane using continuous and facile dip-coating method. This multilayer-coating structure can not only harvest mechanical energy from human body motion to power wearable electronics but also save energy by keeping people warm without losing heat to surroundings and wasting energy to heat empty space and inanimate objects. Fluoroalkylsilanes (FAS) were grafted onto the surface of the film through one single dip-coating process to improve its energy harvesting performance, which has hardly adverse effect to heat insulation and Joule heating property. In the presence of FAS modification, the prepared film harvested mechanical energy to reach a maximum output power density of 2.8 W/m(2), charged commercial capacitors and lighted LEDs, showing its potential in powering wearable electronics. Furthermore, the film provided 8% more thermal insulation than normal cloth at 37 °C and efficiently heated to 40 °C within 4 min when applied the voltage of only 1.5 V due to Joule heating effect. The high flexibility and stability of the film ensures its wide and promising application in the wearable field.
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- Yinben Guo
- State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Donghua University , Shanghai 201620, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Donghua University , Shanghai 201620, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Donghua University , Shanghai 201620, People's Republic of China
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- Engineering Research Center of Advanced Glasses Manufacturing Technology, Ministry of Education, Donghua University , Shanghai 201620, People's Republic of China
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- Engineering Research Center of Advanced Glasses Manufacturing Technology, Ministry of Education, Donghua University , Shanghai 201620, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Donghua University , Shanghai 201620, People's Republic of China
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Foroughi J, Antiohos D, Wallace GG. Effect of post-spinning on the electrical and electrochemical properties of wet spun graphene fibre. RSC Adv 2016. [DOI: 10.1039/c6ra07226g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Effects of carbon nanotubes and/or conducting polymer on electrical and electrochemical properties of wet spun graphene fibres were demonstrated.
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- Javad Foroughi
- Intelligent Polymer Research Institute
- ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science
- University of Wollongong
- Australia
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- Intelligent Polymer Research Institute
- ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science
- University of Wollongong
- Australia
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- Intelligent Polymer Research Institute
- ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science
- University of Wollongong
- Australia
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Optimally conductive networks in randomly dispersed CNT:graphene hybrids. Sci Rep 2015; 5:16568. [PMID: 26564249 PMCID: PMC4643282 DOI: 10.1038/srep16568] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2015] [Accepted: 10/15/2015] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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A predictive model is proposed that quantitatively describes the synergistic behavior of the electrical conductivities of CNTs and graphene in CNT:graphene hybrids. The number of CNT-to-CNT, graphene-to-graphene, and graphene-to-CNT contacts is calculated assuming a random distribution of CNTs and graphene particles in the hybrids and using an orientation density function. Calculations reveal that the total number of contacts reaches a maximum at a specific composition and depends on the particle sizes of the graphene and CNTs. The hybrids, prepared using inkjet printing, are distinguished by higher electrical conductivities than that of 100% CNT or graphene at certain composition ratios. These experimental results provide strong evidence that this approach involving constituent element contacts is suitable for investigating the properties of particulate hybrid materials.
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Improving the adsorption ability of graphene sheets to uranium through chemical oxidation, electrolysis and ball-milling. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 2015. [DOI: 10.1007/s10967-015-4598-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Li Z, Liu Z, Sun H, Gao C. Superstructured Assembly of Nanocarbons: Fullerenes, Nanotubes, and Graphene. Chem Rev 2015; 115:7046-117. [PMID: 26168245 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.5b00102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 232] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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- Zheng Li
- MOE Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Synthesis and Functionalization, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310007, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Synthesis and Functionalization, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310007, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Synthesis and Functionalization, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310007, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Synthesis and Functionalization, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310007, China
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