• Carbon letters
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• 제24권
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• pp.1-9
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• 2017

We studied the basic properties and fabrication of reduced graphene oxide (rGO) prepared using eco-friendly reduction agents in the graphene solution process. Hydrazine is generally used to reduce graphene oxide (GO), which results in polluting emissions as well as fixed nitrogen functional groups on different defects in the graphene sheets. To replace hydrazine, we developed eco-friendly reduction agents with similar or better reducing properties, and selected of them for further analysis. In this study, GO layers were produced from graphite flakes using a modified Hummer's method, and rGO layers were reduced using hydrazine hydrate, L-ascorbic acid, and gluconic acid. We measured the particle sizes and the dispersion stabilities in the rGO dispersed solvents for the three agents and analyzed the structural, electrical, and optical properties of the rGO films. The results showed that the degree of reduction was in the order L-ascorbic acid ${\geq}$ hydrazine > glucose. GO reduced using L-ascorbic acid had a sheet resistance of $121k{\Omega}/sq$, while that reduced using gluconic acid showed worse electrical properties than the other two reduction agents. Therefore, L-ascorbic acid is the most suitable eco-friendly reduction agent that can be substituted for hydrazine.

• 공업화학
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• 제33권6호
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• pp.600-605
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• 2022

V₂O₅-WO₃-TiO₂ 촉매를 담지하여 그래핀(graphene) 기반 세라믹필터를 제조하였으며, 이를 활용하여 질소산화물(NO_x)의 제거실험을 수행하였다. 산화그래핀(graphene oxide, GO)은 흑연(graphite)을 이용하여 Hummer's method에 의해 제조하였고 환원제로 히드라진(N2H4)을 통해 환원 산화그래핀(reduced graphene oxide, rGO)을 제조하였다. 제조된 그래핀을 세라믹필터 표면에 유-무기 하이브리드 원리를 이용하여 코팅하였으며, 여기에 광촉매물질을 담지하였다. 광촉매물질은 바나듐(V), 텅스텐(W), 티타늄(Ti)를 사용하여 sol-gel법에 의해 코팅 후 350 ℃ 소성 공정을 통하여 광촉매담지 세라믹필터를 제조하였다. UV광을 제조된 필터에 조사하여 NO_x의 제거 실험을 수행하였으며, NO_x의 제거 효율은 기존의 세라믹필터보다 GO 및 rGO가 코팅된 경우가 우수하였다. 이는 코팅된 그래핀에 의한 흡착성의 향상 때문으로 판단되며, 그래핀의 농도가 증가함에 따라 보다 높은 NO_x의 제거효율을 확인하였다.

• 폴리머
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• 제38권4호
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• pp.502-509
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• 2014

탄소기반 판상형 나노재료인 산화 그래핀(GO)과 나노 흑연(GNP)은 고분자재료에 전기 전도성을 부여하기 위한 복합재료용 나노필러로 사용되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 폴리스티렌(PS)에 나노필러를 첨가한 PS/GO와 PS/GNP 나노복합재료를 라텍스 기법으로 제조한 다음 유변학적, 전기적 물성을 비교 고찰하였다. PS 입자는 무유화제 유화중합으로 중합하였으며, GO는 흑연으로부터 modified Hummers 방법으로 합성하였다. 친수성인 GO는 첨가제 없이 PS 수성 현탁액에 분산하였으며, GNP는 분산성을 높이기 위해 계면활성제를 첨가하여 분산하였다. 나노필러에 따른 유변물성은 GO가 GNP에 비해 높게 나타났는데, GO는 단일층으로 분산이 가능한 반면, GNP는 다수의 층이 겹쳐진 형태이므로 나노 규모의 균질한 분산을 이루지 못하기 때문이다. 전도성 통로가 형성되는 지점인 전기적 임계점은 PS/GO, PS/GNP 나노복합재료에 대하여 각각 0.50, 5.82 wt%로 나타났다. PS/GO 나노복합재료가 우수한 전기 전도도를 보여주는 이유는 성형 시 열처리에 의해 GO가 환원되기 때문이다.

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2016년도 제50회 동계 정기학술대회 초록집
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• pp.290.1-290.1
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• 2016

Grapehen, a single atomic layer of graphite, has been in the spotlight and researched in vaious fields, because its fine mechanical, electrical properties, flexibility and transparence. Synthesis methods for large-area graphene such as chemical vaper deposition (CVD) and mechanical, chemical exfoliation have been reported. In particular, chemical exfoliation method receive attention due to low cost process. Chemical exfoliation method require reduction of graphene oxide in the process of exfoliation such as chemical reduction by strong reductant, thermal reduction on high temperature, and optical reduction via ultraviolet light exposure. Among these reduction methods, optical reduction is free from damage by strong reductant and high temperature. However, optical reduction is economically infeasible because the high cost of short-wavelength ultraviolet light sorce. In this paper, we make graphene-oxide and lanthanoid ion mixture aqueous solution which has highly optical absorbency in selective wevelength region. Sequentially, we synthesize reduced graphene oxide (RGO) using the solution and visible laser beam. Concretely, graphene oxide is made by modified hummer's method and mix with 1 ml each ultraviolet ray absorbent Gd3+ ion, Green laser absorbent Tb3+ ion, Red laser absorbent Eu3+ ion. After that, we revivify graphene oxide by laser exposure of 300 ~ 800 nm layser 1mW/cm2 +. We demonstrate reproducibility and repeatability of RGO through FT-IR, UV-VIS, Low temperature PL, SEM, XPS and electrical measurement.

• 한국주조공학회지
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• 제35권5호
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• pp.114-119
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• 2015

This paper reports the effect of a refractory crucible type on the microstructure of duplex stainless steel (DSS) cast with the addition of gadolinium using air-induction melting. Grade 4A DSSs with 1 wt% of gadolinium (Gd) were fabricated in various crucibles including alumina ($Al_2O_3$), magnesia (MgO), calcia (CaO) coated with yttria ($Y_2O_3$) and graphite. The standard free energies of the formation of calcium and yttrium oxide were lower than those of gadolinium oxide and other crucible elements based oxide. The yield of Gd in DSS using $Al_2O_3$, MgO, CaO-coated $Y_2O_3$ and graphite was 5, 19, 83 and 96%, respectively. As Gd yield increased, the amount of Gd-based inclusions increased, the size of the inclusions were reduced, and the inclusions became evenly distributed.

• Carbon letters
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.230-235
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• 2012

In this study, reduced graphene oxide/polyimide (r-GO/PI) composite films, which showed significant enhancement in their electrical conductivity, were successfully fabricated. GO was prepared from graphite using a modified Hummers method. The GO was used as a nanofiller material for the preparation of r-GO/PI composites by in-situ polymerization. An addition of 20 wt% of GO led to a significant decrease in the volume resistivity of composite films by less than nine orders of magnitude compared to that of pure PI films due to the electrical percolation networks of reduced GO created during imidization within the films. A tensile test indicated that the Young's modulus of the r-GO/PI composite film containing 20 wt% GO increased drastically from 2.3 GPa to 4.4 GPa, which was an improvement of approximately 84% compared to that of pure PI film. In addition, the corresponding tensile strength was found to have decreased only by 12%, from 113 MPa to 99 MPa.

• 한국재료학회지
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• 제23권10호
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• pp.592-598
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• 2013

Graphene oxide powders prepared by two different drying processes, freeze drying and spray drying, were studied to compare the effect of the drying method on the physical properties of graphene oxide powder. The graphene oxide dispersion was prepared from graphite by chemical delamination with the aid of sulfuric acid and permanganic acid, and the dispersion was further washed and re-dispersed in a mixed solvent of water and isopropyl alcohol. A freeze drying method can feasibly minimize damage to the sample, but it requires a long process time. In contrast, spray drying is able to remove a solvent in a relatively short time, though this process requires exposure to a high temperature for a rapid evaporation of the solvent. The powders prepared by freeze drying and spray drying were characterized and compared by Raman spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, field-emission scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, and by an elemental analysis. The graphene oxide powders showed similar chemical compositions; however, the morphologies of the powders differed in that the graphene oxide prepared by spray drying had a winkled morphology and a higher apparent density compared to the powder prepared by freeze drying. The graphene oxide powders were reduced at $900^{\circ}C$ in an atmosphere of $N_2$. The effect of the drying process on the properties of the reduced graphene oxide was examined by SEM, TEM and Raman spectroscopy.

• Carbon letters
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.251-254
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• 2013

In this study, poly(amic acid) was prepared via a polycondensation reaction of 3,3'-dihydroxybenzidine and pyromellitic dianhydride in an N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone solution; reduced graphene oxide/polybenzoxazole (r-GO/PBO) composite films, which significantly increased the electrical conductivity, were successfully fabricated. GO was prepared from graphite using Brodie's method. The GO was used as nanofillers for the preparation of r-GO/PBO composites through an in situ polymerization. The addition of 50 wt% GO led to a significant increase in the electrical conductivity of the composite films by more than sixteen orders of magnitude compared with that of pure PBO films as a result of the electrical percolation networks in the r-GO during the thermal treatment at various temperatures within the films.

• Elastomers and Composites
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• 제47권3호
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• pp.238-245
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• 2012

천연 흑연으로부터 Graphene oxide(GO)를 합성한 후 diisocyanatodicyclohexylmethane($H_{12}MDI$)를 이용하여 GO의 표면을 기능화하였고, hydrazine monohydrate에 의한 환원을 통해 isocyanate-graphene sheet(i-RGO)를 얻었다. 폴리우레탄과 적합한 나노복합체를 형성하기 위하여 GO, i-RGO, 천연흑연 및 열적환원된 graphene을 서로 비교분석하였으며, i-RGO가 가장 적합한 나노충전제로 선정되었다. 선정된 i-RGO의 함량에 따른 폴리우레탄의 물성 향상을 확인하기 위하여 충전제의 함량을 다르게 하여 PU/i-RGO 나노복합체를 합성하였다. 물성 평가에서, i-RGO의 함량이 증가할수록 열적 안정성, 경도 및 접촉각(발수력)이 향상되었는데, 이는 i-RGO의 물성 특성 및 가교점 작용에 기인한 것으로 판단되었다. 다만, 인장강도와 신장률의 경우 함량이 4 wt%를 넘어갈 경우 오히려 물성이 감소하는 것을 확인할 수 있었는데, 이는 과량의 가교점 형성이 원인인 것으로 해석되었다.

• Carbon letters
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• 제26권
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• pp.81-87
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• 2018

Morphological differences in multi-layered graphene flakes or graphene nanoplatelets prepared by oxidative (rGO-NP, reduced graphene oxide-nanoplatelets) and non-oxidative (GIC-NP, graphite intercalation compound-nanoplatelets) routes were investigated with various analytical methods. Both types of NPs have similar specific surface areas but very different structural differences. Therefore, this study proposes an effective and simple method to identify structural differences in graphene-like allotropes. The adsorptive potential peaks of rGO-NP attained by the density functional theory method were found to be more scattered over the basal and non-basal regions than those of GIC-NP. Raman spectra and high resolution TEM images showed more distinctive crystallographic defects in the rGO-NP than in the GIC-NP. Because the R-ratio values of the edge and basal plane of the sample were maintained and relatively similar in the rGO-NP (0.944 for edge & 1.026 for basal), the discrepancy between those values in the GIC-NP were found to be much greater (0.918 for edge & 0.164 for basal). The electrical conductivity results showed a remarkable gap between the rGO-NP and GIC-NP attributed to their inherent morphological and crystallographic properties.