Journal
ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES
Volume 11, Issue 30, Pages 27183-27191Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.9b05811
Keywords
reduced graphene oxide microribbons; laser reduction; liquid surface; textile supercapacitors; breathing sensors
Funding
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) [459389]
- Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) [481796]
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Graphene microribbons (rGO-MRs) are highly desired for their high electrical conductivities and specific surface areas, which contribute to multiple applications in thin, flexible, textile supercapacitors, sensors, and actuators. Herein, we demonstrate a facile method for creating reduced graphene oxide microribbons with microscale architecture utilizing a simple blue-violet diode laser under ambient conditions. This method takes advantage of the photochemical reduction mechanism of self-assembled graphene oxide liquid crystals (GO-LC), allowing rGO-MR patterns to be directly printed on the solution surface. The rGO-MR films demonstrated tunable diameters and can be tailored into any geometries. A maximum intrinsic electrical conductivity for rGO-MR reaching 325.8 S/m was observed. The rGO-MR textile electrodes can be assembled into microsupercapacitors with a high areal specific capacitance of 14.4 mF/cm(2), a low charge-transfer impedance, and an exceptional cycling performance with a retained 96.8% capacitance after 10 000 cycles. The rGO-MR films also experience changes in resistance in response to the moisture adsorption from human breaths and therefore can also be employed as a breathing sensor for health monitoring. The presented facile method for creating multilayered rGO-MR films directly on liquid surfaces can further expand the potential for three-dimensional printing graphitic materials for various multifunctional applications.
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