Synthesis of sustainable, lightweight and electrically conductive polymer brushes grafted multi-layer graphene oxide

Autor: Héctor Aguilar-Bolados, Mehrdad Yazdani-Pedram, Eduardo Quinteros-Jara, Quimberly Cuenca-Bracamonte, Raúl Quijada, Javier Carretero-González, Francis Avilés, Miguel A. Lopez-Manchado, Raquel Verdejo
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Polymer Testing, Vol 93, Iss , Pp 106986- (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 0142-9418
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymertesting.2020.106986
Popis: This work reports the synthesis of poly (monomethyl itaconate) grafted multi-layer graphene oxide (PMMI-g-GO) by atom transfer radical polymerization using activators regenerated by electron transfer (ARGET-ATRP). PMMI-g-GO presents outstanding properties, such as a high electrical conductivity (5.04 S m-1), low number of stacked graphene layers (6) and IG/I2D ratio of 2.05 estimated from Raman spectrum, which indicates the high quality of PMMI-g-GO as a graphenic material. In addition, polymer brushes based on PMMI represent a new green alternative for the development of polymer composite materials, since the monomer used for their production is obtained from a renewable source. Interestingly, the PMMI-g-GO nanomaterial is also capable of storing Li+ ions without the need of using electron conductive additives that are usually employed in the electrode's composition of conventional lithium ion batteries.
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