Covalently interconnected three-dimensional graphene oxide solids

ACS Nano. 2013 Aug 27;7(8):7034-40. doi: 10.1021/nn402272u. Epub 2013 Jul 16.

Abstract

The creation of three-dimensionally engineered nanoporous architectures via covalently interconnected nanoscale building blocks remains one of the fundamental challenges in nanotechnology. Here we report the synthesis of ordered, stacked macroscopic three-dimensional (3D) solid scaffolds of graphene oxide (GO) fabricated via chemical cross-linking of two-dimensional GO building blocks. The resulting 3D GO network solids form highly porous interconnected structures, and the controlled reduction of these structures leads to formation of 3D conductive graphene scaffolds. These 3D architectures show promise for potential applications such as gas storage; CO2 gas adsorption measurements carried out under ambient conditions show high sorption capacity, demonstrating the possibility of creating new functional carbon solids starting with two-dimensional carbon layers.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adsorption
  • Carbon / chemistry
  • Carbon Dioxide / chemistry
  • Cross-Linking Reagents / chemistry
  • Gases
  • Graphite / chemistry*
  • Microscopy, Electron, Scanning
  • Microscopy, Electron, Transmission
  • Nanostructures / chemistry
  • Nanotechnology / methods*
  • Oxides / chemistry*
  • Porosity
  • Pressure
  • Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared
  • Surface Properties
  • Temperature
  • Thermogravimetry

Substances

  • Cross-Linking Reagents
  • Gases
  • Oxides
  • Carbon Dioxide
  • Carbon
  • Graphite