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Graphene Fibers: Advancing Applications in Sensor, Energy Storage and Conversion

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Graphene fibers are a kind of novel carbon fibers assembled by orderly aligned graphene sheets with high flexibility, good conductivity, high thermal conductivity, and low density, which make them possible to be widely used in high-performance and multifunctional compound materials as well as flexible electronic devices. In this review, we summarize the research progress in the synthesis of graphene fibers, and their applications in sensor, energy storage, and energy conversion. Furthermore, the current issues and some prospects for the future trend of graphene fibers are discussed.

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This work was financially supported by the National Key R&D Program of China (Nos. 2017YFB1104300 and 2016YFA0200200), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 51673026, 21674056, 21773007, 21575014, and 11602272), Beijing Natural Science Foundation (Nos. 2152028 and 2184122), 111 Project 807012, the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (No. 2018CX01017), Beijing Institute of Technology Research Fund Program for Young Scholars, and the project of State Key Laboratory of Explosion Science and Technology (Beijing Institute of Technology, YBKT18-03).

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Yu, GH., Han, Q. & Qu, LT. Graphene Fibers: Advancing Applications in Sensor, Energy Storage and Conversion. Chin J Polym Sci 37, 535–547 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10118-019-2245-9

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