Journal of Materials Science

, Volume 52, Issue 13, pp 7698–7708 | Cite as

Self-assembled high-performance graphene oxide fibers using ionic liquid as coagulating agent

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Abstract

An efficient strategy for fabricating high-performance GO fibers (GFs) by using ionic liquids as coagulating agent via wet-spinning technique was reported for the first time. The interactions between the functional groups of the GO sheets and the ionic liquids cations could be tuned by choosing ionic liquids cations with designed structure, yielding GFs with varied mechanical properties. No organic solvent or postdrawing processes involved makes this process green and facile.

Keywords

Ionic Liquid Graphene Oxide Expanded Graphite Coagulation Bath High Packing Density 
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Acknowledgements

This work was supported by Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications basic research program (NY 212002), the Ministry of Education of China Innovative Research Team in University (IRT1148), Key Project of National High Technology Research of China (2011AA050526) and Director Foundation of Xi’an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics (No. Y455A41ZZ0).

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.Institute of Advanced MaterialsNanjing University of Posts and TelecommunicationsNanjingChina
  2. 2.State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, College of Chemical EngineeringNanjing Tech UniversityNanjingChina
  3. 3.Xi’an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics of Chinese Academy of ScienceXi’anChina
  4. 4.Department of PhysicsThe Ohio State UniversityColumbusUSA
  5. 5.Department of Chemistry and BiochemistryThe Ohio State UniversityColumbusUSA

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