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ACS OMEGA
Volume 7, Issue 42, Pages 37954-37963Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.2c05123
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- Ministerio de Economi'a y Competitividad [AGL2015-63855-C2-2-R]
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In this study, poly(vinyl alcohol)/graphene oxide/clay aerogels filled with montmorillonite or kaolinite were prepared. The addition of graphene oxide enhanced the mechanical properties and thermal stability of the composite materials. However, the conductivity drastically decreased after compressing the samples.
In this work, poly(v i n y l alcohol) (PVOH)/graphene (GN) oxide/ clay aerogels were prepared using montmorillonite (MMT) and kaolinite (KLT) as fillers. This work paves the way for the development of aerogels filled with MMT or KLT with high conductivity. The mechanical properties of the polymer/clay aerogels are enhanced by incorporating GN into these systems. These composite materials have an enhanced thermal stabi l i t y , and the combination of PVOH and GN leads to interconnected channels which favored the conductivity when a clay (MMT or KLT) is added to the mixed PVOH/GN matrix . Howe v e r , after compressing the samples, the conductivities drastically decreased. These results show that the design of solid MMT/GN and KLT/GN composites as aerogels allows maximizing the space utilization of the electrode volume to achieve unhindered ion transport, which seems contrary to the general design principle of electrode materials where a suitable porous structure is desired, such as in our uncompressed samples. These findings also demonstrate the potential of these materials in electrodes, sensors, batteries, pressure-sensing applications, and supercapacitors.
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