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A new composite material consisting of 0D MoS2 nanodots and 3D MoS2 nano-flowers grown on porous reduced graphene oxide (P-rGO) was synthesized via a two-step process. The P-rGO with a surface area of 759 m2 g−1 was obtained by CO2 activation of reduced graphene oxide (rGO) at 800 °C. MoS2 was then grown on the P-rGO under hydrothermal conditions. Compared to the nonactivated rGO, P-rGO has functional...
Capacitive deionization (CDI) with high energy efficiency, low cost, and non-secondary pollution is considered an emerging desalination technology. To pursue excellent electrode materials with high electrosorption capacity is highly desired for practical CDI application. In this work, the protic salt-derived porous carbon was synthesized via the direct pyrolysis of the protic salt, i.e., p-phenylenediamine...
Owing to its superior mechanical properties, graphene has been used to reinforce and substantially improve the strength of composite materials. Still lacking, however, is a clear understanding of graphene's reinforcing mechanism at the atomic level, especially in relation to its pull-out behavior. By molecular dynamics (MD), it is found that pull-out of graphene, different from that of micro fibers,...
Strong flexible polymer/graphene composite films with ideal electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding are fabricated through constructing a sandwich structure consisting of polyester non-woven fabric as reinforcing interlayer and thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) composite with high graphene loading as conductive coating layer. The engineered sandwich film (defined as TPU/G film) with graphene loading...
Porous carbon spheres (PCSs) with high uptakes for CO2, CH4, and H2 were prepared from sustainable starch-derived hydrochar via a simple CO2 activation without any template. The PCSs show regularly-spherical morphology, large surface area (3350 m2/g), and high pore volume (1.75 ml/g), which have been rarely reported for physically-activated carbons. Owing to the textural properties, their uptakes...
As reported, the foaming of layered graphene films into porous graphene foams could improve their performance for absorbents, catalysis and supercapacitors. Herein, to emphasize the impact of porous structure on electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding, the direct comparison between graphene film (G-film) and corresponding microcellular graphene foam (G-foam) in terms of EMI shielding efficiency...
Ultrathin carbon foams with the thickness about 24 μm were fabricated by the pyrolysis of polyimide/graphene composite foams. The addition of graphene was verified to stabilize the porous structure of the foams and accelerate their graphitization process simultaneously. Consequently, the well-defined carbon foams exhibited much higher electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding effectiveness (SE)...
Millimeter-to-centimeter scale vertically aligned carbon nanotube (VACNT) arrays are widely studied because of their immense potential in a range of applications. Catalyst control during chemical vapor deposition (CVD) is key to maintain the sustained growth of VACNT arrays. Herein, we achieved ultrafast growth of VACNT arrays using Fe/Al2O3 catalysts by ethanol-assisted two-zone CVD. One zone was...
Carbon nanotube (CNT) aerogels with controlled hierarchical microstructures and versatile performance were prepared by a freeze-drying method under the facile freezing temperature of −20°C. The as-prepared CNT aerogels were composed of CNT/binder (sodium carboxymethylcellulose, CMC) hybrid sheet structures, whose morphologies could be controlled by changing the weight ratio of CMC solution to CNT...
This paper presents a convenient one-pot hydrothermal strategy for the synthesis of graphene nanosheet (GNS)/hydroxyapatite (HA) nanorod composites (GNS/HA). Characterization of GNS/HA nanorod composites denote that rod-like HA, which has an average length of 55nm and diameter of 13nm, anchors on both sides of GNS. Introducing graphene can effectively improve the hardness and Young’s modulus of HA...
Four different methods, acid oxidation, mechanochemical reaction, ball milling, and grafting following acid oxidation, were used to treat multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs). During treatment, hydroxyl groups, carboxylic groups, and amidocyanogen were introduced onto the surfaces of the MWCNTs. The MWCNTs were dispersed into palmitic acid (PA) to prepare phase change composites with high thermal...
A composite of multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) and polypyrrole (Ppy) has been synthesized by vapor phase polymerization, and characterized by Fourier transformed infrared spectra, Raman spectra, thermal gravimetric analysis, X-ray diffraction study and scanning electron microscopy. Its gas sensitive characteristics towards NH 3 vapor were investigated at room temperature. It was found...
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