Controlled synthesis of graphene oxide/alumina nanocomposites using a new dry sol–gel method of synthesis

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• 作者：Agnieszka Maria Jastrzębska ; Joanna Jureczko ; Joanna Karcz…
• 关键词：Graphene nanocomposites ; Graphene oxide ; Aluminium oxide ; Nanoparticles ; Synthesis optimization ; Sol–gel reactions
• 刊名：Chemical Papers
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：March 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：71
• 期：3
• 页码：579-595
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• 刊物类别：Chemistry and Materials Science
• 刊物主题：Chemistry/Food Science, general; Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering; Biochemistry, general; Medicinal Chemistry; Materials Science, general; Biotechnology;
• 出版者：Springer International Publishing
• ISSN：1336-9075
• 卷排序：71

文摘

The present paper gives new insight into the problem of controlling the morphology of reduced graphene oxide/alumina (RGO/Al₂O₃) nanocomposites. The dry and simplified sol–gel methods of RGO/Al₂O₃ nanocomposite synthesis were compared and the influence of six key synthesis parameters on the morphology of the resulting nanocomposite powders was investigated to optimize the morphology of RGO/Al₂O₃ nanocomposites in terms of reducing the undesired agglomeration of RGO/Al₂O₃ nanocomposite flakes to a significant minority and obtaining the uniform coverage of RGO surface with Al₂O₃ nanoparticles. Our investigations indicate that, despite the high excess of Al₂O₃ used (95 wt%), the lowest RGO/Al₂O₃ flake agglomeration and the formation of a uniform layer composed of Al₂O₃ nanoparticles with the average size of 58 nm occurred only when 5 wt% of graphene oxide was used as a substrate for the deposition of Al₂O₃ nanoparticles together with triethyl aluminium as an Al₂O₃ precursor and dry hexane as the reaction environment. The resulting organic precursor was thermally decomposed at 280 °C for 3 h in air atmosphere (R4 reaction pathway). This was confirmed by the high BET-specific surface area (242.4 m2/g) and the high open porosity (0.7 cm3/g) of the obtained RGO(5 wt%)/Al₂O₃ nanocomposite. This is also the first study with a detailed discussion of the reactions expected to occur during the synthesis of an RGO/Al₂O₃ nanocomposite.