Increased solubility and fiber spinning of graphenide dispersions aided by crown-ethers

Chengmin Jiang; Zhiwei Peng; Carlos de Los Reyes; Colin C Young; Dmitri E Tsentalovich; Vida Jamali; Pulickel M Ajayan; James M Tour; Matteo Pasquali; Angel A Martí

doi:10.1039/c6cc09623a

Increased solubility and fiber spinning of graphenide dispersions aided by crown-ethers

Chem Commun (Camb). 2017 Jan 26;53(9):1498-1501. doi: 10.1039/c6cc09623a.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, USA. amarti@rice.edu.
² Applied Physics Program, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, USA and Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, USA.
³ Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, USA.
⁴ Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, USA. amarti@rice.edu and Smalley-Curl Institute, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, USA and Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, USA.
⁵ Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, USA. amarti@rice.edu and Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, USA and Smalley-Curl Institute, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, USA and Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, USA.
⁶ Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, USA. amarti@rice.edu and Smalley-Curl Institute, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, USA and Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, USA and Department of Bioengineering, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, USA.

PMID: 28084474
DOI: 10.1039/c6cc09623a

Abstract

Graphenide solutions in NMP have been prepared by dispersing potassium intercalated graphite with the assistance of 18-crown-6. The highest graphenide solubility achieved is 1.5 mg mL^-1. Graphenide solutions have been applied to spin graphene/SWCNT hybrid fibers.