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Layer-by-layer assembly of graphene oxide on viscose fibers for the fabrication of flexible conductive devices

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Flexible conductive devices were successfully fabricated through the layer-by- layer assembly of graphene oxide on the surface of viscose fibers followed by the reduction of graphene oxide to graphene. Viscose fibers with regions of low crystallinity played an important role in the distribution of reduced graphene oxide on the fiber surfaces. Scanning electron microscopy results demonstrated that graphene oxide could form uniform coatings with fewer cycles (<12), but exhibits the coating peeling or faulting over a greater number of cycles (>30). Owing to the presence of conductive coatings, the average volume resistivity value of the fabrics with fifty cycles could reach 33.31 Ω cm in the weft direction and 19.17 Ω cm in the warp direction, in contrast to the original fabric, which showed very little conductivity. Meanwhile, electrical resistivity tests of the fabrics under stretching and folding showed that minor changes in volume resistivity were observed when the change in the elongation rate of the fabrics was in the 0–15 % range and the folding angle of the fabrics was between 0° and 180°. Furthermore, such viscose fabrics with reduced graphene oxide layers showed improved hydrophobicity. For the fabric treated for five cycles, a water contact angle of 133.3° was achieved. The assembly of graphene oxide on the surface of viscose fibers provides an easy approach for the fabrication of flexible conductive devices with potential applications in solar cells, seawater desalination, wearable electronics, etc.

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The financial support from the scholarship of key laboratory of yarn material forming and processing technology of Zhejiang Province (MTC 2014-002), the Zhejiang province teachers’ professional development program for visiting scholar (FX201312), and Jiaxing Project of Science and Technology (2014AY11021) is gratefully acknowledged. In addition, the financial support from Jiaxing Project of Innovation Team (MTC 2015-001, MTC 2015-005 and MTC 2015-008) is also acknowledged.

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    Huanxia Zhang, Jianda Cao, Wen Wu & Hui Ma

  2. College of Biological and Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang University of Science and Technology, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310023, People’s Republic of China

    Zhangyi Cao

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Zhang, H., Cao, J., Wu, W. et al. Layer-by-layer assembly of graphene oxide on viscose fibers for the fabrication of flexible conductive devices. Cellulose 23, 3761–3770 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10570-016-1088-6

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