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Graphene oxide nanoplatelets of different crystallinity synthesized from helical-ribbon carbon nanofibers and multiwall carbon nanotubes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 September 2011

Helena Varela-Rizo ,
Iluminada Rodriguez-Pastor ,
Cesar Merino ,
Mauricio Terrones  and
Ignacio Martin-Gullon
Helena Varela-Rizo
Affiliation:
Chemical Engineering Department, University of Alicante, Alicante 03690, Spain
Iluminada Rodriguez-Pastor
Affiliation:
Chemical Engineering Department, University of Alicante, Alicante 03690, Spain
Cesar Merino
Affiliation:
Grupo Antolín Ingeniería, E-09007 Burgos, Spain
Mauricio Terrones
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Department of Materials Science and Engineering & Materials Research Institute, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802-6300; and Research Center for Exotic Nanocarbons (JST), Shinshu University, Wakasato 4-17-1, Nagano 380-8553, Japan
Ignacio Martin-Gullon*
Affiliation:
Chemical Engineering Department, University of Alicante, Alicante 03690, Spain
*
b)Address all correspondence to this author. e-mail: gullon@ua.es
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Abstract

Graphene oxide nanoplatelets (GONPs) were obtained by unraveling helical-ribbon carbon nanofibers (HR-CNF) using a modified Hummers and Offeman method in conjunction with ultrasonication. In this account, we carry out a complete evaluation of the effect of different oxidative agent concentrations on the resulting platelet materials. Transmission electron microscopy, atomic force microscopy, Fourier transform infrared, x-ray diffraction, x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and thermogravimetric analysis were performed to carefully characterize GONPs resulting from the oxidative process. Comparative experiments using multiwall carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) and graphite were also carried out. Our studies suggest that the oxidation treatment is more effective in HR-CNFs than in MWCNTs. Furthermore, the unraveling of HR-CNFs results in GONPs consisting of less stacked layers when compared to other starting materials such as graphite. Therefore, HR-CNFs appear to be excellent precursors to produce few-layered GONPs.

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Chemical reactionX-ray photoelectron spectroscopyTransmission electron microscopy
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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 26 , Issue 20 , 28 October 2011 , pp. 2632 - 2641
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2011

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