1. Free-Standing Graphene Oxide and Carbon Nanotube Hybrid Papers with Enhanced Electrical and Mechanical Performance and Their Synergy in Polymer Laminates
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Luca Valentini, Manoj Tripathi, Roberto Guarino, Silvia Bittolo Bon, Nicola M. Pugno, Alan B. Dalton, David Novel, Maria F. Pantano, Giorgio Speranza, Victor Micheli, Erica Iacob, Wei Liu, and Yuanyang Rong
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Paper ,Materials science ,Carbon nanotubes ,Oxide ,Mechanical properties ,02 engineering and technology ,Carbon nanotube ,mechanical properties ,010402 general chemistry ,Composites nanotechnology ,01 natural sciences ,composites ,Catalysis ,Article ,law.invention ,Nanomaterials ,lcsh:Chemistry ,Inorganic Chemistry ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,law ,Work function ,Physical and Theoretical Chemistry ,Composite material ,Electrical properties ,lcsh:QH301-705.5 ,Molecular Biology ,Nanoscopic scale ,Spectroscopy ,chemistry.chemical_classification ,nanotechnology ,carbon nanotubes ,Graphene ,Nanotubes, Carbon ,Organic Chemistry ,Electric Conductivity ,General Medicine ,Polymer ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,0104 chemical sciences ,Computer Science Applications ,lcsh:Biology (General) ,lcsh:QD1-999 ,chemistry ,Hybrid system ,electrical properties ,Polystyrenes ,Graphite ,0210 nano-technology - Abstract
Hybrid nanomaterials fabricated by the heterogeneous integration of 1D (carbon nanotubes) and 2D (graphene oxide) nanomaterials showed synergy in electrical and mechanical properties. Here, we reported the infiltration of carboxylic functionalized single-walled carbon nanotubes (C-SWNT) into free-standing graphene oxide (GO) paper for better electrical and mechanical properties than native GO. The stacking arrangement of GO sheets and its alteration in the presence of C-SWNT were comprehensively explored through scanning electron microscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and X-ray diffraction. The C-SWNTs bridges between different GO sheets produce a pathway for the flow of electrical charges and provide a tougher hybrid system. The nanoscopic surface potential map reveals a higher work function of the individual functionalised SWNTs than surrounded GO sheets showing efficient charge exchange. We observed the enhanced conductivity up to 50 times and capacitance up to 3.5 times of the hybrid structure than the GO-paper. The laminate of polystyrene composites provided higher elastic modulus and mechanical strength when hybrid paper is used, thus paving the way for the exploitation of hybrid filler formulation in designing polymer composites.
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- 2020