Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California , Los Angeles, California 90095, United States.
NASA Glenn Research Center , Cleveland, Ohio 44135, United States.
ACS Appl Mater Interfaces. 2017 Dec 13;9(49):43230-43238. doi: 10.1021/acsami.7b12104. Epub 2017 Dec 1.
We report on the fabrication of a novel class of lightweight materials, polyimide-graphene nanocomposites (0.01-5 vol %), with tunable electrical conductivity. The graphene-polyimide nanocomposites exhibit an ultra-low graphene percolation threshold of 0.03 vol % and maximum dc conductivity of 0.94 S/cm, which we attribute to excellent dispersion, extraordinary electron transport in the well-dispersed graphene, high number density of graphene nanosheets, and the π-π interactions between the aromatic moieties of the polyimide and the carbon rings in graphene. The dc conductivity data are shown to follow the power-law dependence on the graphene volume fraction near the percolation threshold. The ac conductivity of the nanocomposites is accurately represented by the extended pair-approximation model. The exponent s of the approximation is estimated to be 0.45-0.61, indicating anomalous diffusion of charge particles and a fractal structure for the conducting phase, lending support to the percolation model. Low-temperature dc conductivity of the nanocomposites is well-approximated by the thermal fluctuation-induced tunneling. Wide-angle X-ray scattering and transmission electron microscopy were utilized to correlate the morphology with the electrical conductivity. The lack of maxima in X-ray indicates the loss of structural registry and short-range ordering.
我们报告了一类新型的轻质材料——聚酰亚胺-石墨烯纳米复合材料(0.01-5 体积%)的制备,其电导率可调。石墨烯-聚酰亚胺纳米复合材料具有超低的石墨烯渗流阈值(0.03 体积%)和高达 0.94 S/cm 的直流电导率,这归因于石墨烯的优异分散性、在良好分散的石墨烯中的非凡电子传输、高数量密度的石墨烯纳米片,以及聚酰亚胺的芳族部分与石墨烯中的碳环之间的π-π相互作用。直流电导率数据显示,在渗流阈值附近,其对石墨烯体积分数呈幂律依赖性。复合材料的交流电导率可以通过扩展的对近似模型精确表示。该近似的指数 s 估计为 0.45-0.61,表明电荷颗粒的异常扩散和导电相的分形结构,这支持了渗流模型。纳米复合材料的低温直流电导率可以通过热波动诱导的隧道很好地近似。广角 X 射线散射和透射电子显微镜被用来将形貌与电导率相关联。X 射线中没有最大值表明结构注册和短程有序的丧失。