Journal
JOURNAL OF NANOPARTICLE RESEARCH
Volume 19, Issue 2, Pages -Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-017-3738-5
Keywords
Crumpling; Crumpling force; Crumpled graphene oxide; Electrospray; Graphene oxide; Synthesis
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- Solar Energy Research Institute for India
- USA (SERIIUS) - US Department of Energy [DE AC36-08G028308]
- Government of India [IUSSTF/JCERDC-SERIIUS/2012]
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Restacking of graphene oxide (GO) nanosheets results in loss of surface area and creates limitations in its widespread use for applications. Previously, two-dimensional (2D) GO sheets have been crumpled into 3D structures to prevent restacking using different techniques. However, synthesis of nanometer size crumpled graphene particles and their direct deposition onto a substrate have not been demonstrated under room temperature condition so far. In this work, the evaporative crumpling of GO sheets into very small size (< 100 nm) crumpled structures using an electrohydrodynamic atomization technique is described. Systematic study of the effect of different electrohydrodynamic atomization parameters, such as (1) substrate-to-needle distance, (2) GO concentration in the precursor solution, and (3) flow rate (droplet size) on the GO crumpling, is explored. Crumpled GO (CGO) particles are characterized online using a scanning mobility particle sizer (SMPS) and offline using electron microscopy. The relation between the confinement force and the factors affecting the crumpled structure is established. Furthermore, to expand the application horizons of the structure, crumpled GO-TiO2 nanocomposites are synthesized. The method described here allows a simple and controlled production of graphene-based particles/composites with direct deposition onto any kind of substrate for a variety of applications.
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