Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Synthesis and Characterization of Graphene Oxide/Chitosan Composite Aerogels with High Mechanical Performance. |
| Authors: |
Gong, Yang, Yu, Yingchun, Kang, Huixuan, Chen, Xiaohong, Liu, Hao, Zhang, Yue, Sun, Yimeng, Song, Huaihe |
| Source: |
Polymers (20734360); May2019, Vol. 11 Issue 5, p777, 1p, 3 Diagrams, 6 Charts, 6 Graphs |
| Subject Terms: |
GRAPHENE synthesis, GRAPHENE oxide, AEROGELS, CHITOSAN, FOURIER transform infrared spectroscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy |
| Abstract: |
Chitosan, a semi-crystalline biomolecule, has attracted wide attention due to its high synthesis flexibility. In this study, to improve the mechanical properties of chitosan aerogels (CSAs), graphene oxide (GO) was extracted and introduced into chitosan aerogels as fillers. The porous CSAs/GO composite aerogels were fabricated by an environmentally friendly freeze-drying process with different GO contents (0, 0.5, 1.0, 1.5, wt.%). The characteristics of the CSAs/GO were investigated by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), mechanical measurements and mercury porosimeter. The crystallinity of samples was characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD). The mechanism of the effect of graphene oxide on chitosan was studied by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). The results show that the microstructure of the samples is developed in the network structure. The porosity of CSAs/GO aerogels is as high as 87.6%, and the tensile strength of the films increased from 6.60 MPa to 10.56 MPa with the recombination of graphene oxide. The crystallinity (CrI) of composite aerogels increased from 27% to 81%, which indicates that graphene oxide improves the mechanical properties of chitosan by chemical crosslinking. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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