A general and facile method for preparation of large-scale reduced graphene oxide films with controlled structures

  • Hengchang Bi
  • , Shu Wan
  • , Xiehong Cao
  • , Xing Wu
  • , Yilong Zhou
  • , Kuibo Yin
  • , Shi Su
  • , Qinglang Ma
  • , Melinda Sindoro
  • , Jingfang Zhu
  • , Zhuoran Zhang
  • , Hua Zhang*
  • , Litao Sun
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Graphene or reduced graphene oxide films (rGOFs) can be prepared by a number of methods including chemical vapor deposition (CVD), filtration, and spin-coating for a variety of applications. However, controlling their surface morphologies and microstructures to meet the requirements of specific applications is still a great challenge. Here, controlled microstructure of large-size rGOF with good electrical and thermal conductivities as well as high sorption ability is produced through a heating-assisted spray method. By simply tuning the heating temperature, the smooth surface and close-packed layered structure of rGOF can be changed to rough surface and porous structure. Impressively, the rapid preparation of rGOF with area as large as ∼216 cm2 in only 6 h has been successfully achieved, which is significant since normally it takes several days to prepare a rGOF with small area of ∼10 cm2 by using conventional filtration method. More importantly, our rGOFs show promising applications in oil sorption, supercapacitors, and thermally/electrically conductive films.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)162-171
Number of pages10
JournalCarbon
Volume143
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 2019

Keywords

  • Graphene films
  • Heating-assisted spraying
  • Reduced graphene oxide films
  • Sorption for oils
  • Thermally/electrically conductive films

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