An approach to prepare uniform graphene oxide/aluminum composite powders by simple electrostatic interaction in water/alcohol solution

doi:10.1007/s11706-019-0479-7

Front. Mater. Sci.

2019, Vol. 13

Issue (4) : 375-381 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11706-019-0479-7

RESEARCH ARTICLE

An approach to prepare uniform graphene oxide/aluminum composite powders by simple electrostatic interaction in water/alcohol solution

Wei SUN¹, Rui ZHAO¹, Tian WANG¹, Ke ZHAN¹(

), Zheng YANG³, Bin ZHAO^1,²(

), Ya YAN¹

¹. School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China
². Shanghai Innovation Institute for Materials, Shanghai 200444, China
³. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China

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Abstract

The homogenous dispersion of graphene in Al powders is a key challenge that limits the development of graphene-reinforced metal matrix composites with high performance. Here, uniform distribution of graphene oxide (GO) coated on flake Al powders were obtained by a simply stirring and ultrasonic treatment in the water/alcohol solution. The effect of water volume content on the formation of GO/Al composite powders was investigated. The results showed that GO adsorbed with synchronous reduction on the surface of Al powders, but when the water content was higher than 80% in the solution, Al powders were totally changed into Al(OH)₃. With optimizing the water content of 60% in the solution, reduced GO was homogenously coated onto the surface of flake Al powders. The formation mechanism can be ascribed to the balance control between the liquid/solid interaction and the hydrolysis reaction.

Keywords graphene Al powder composite morphology electrostatic interaction

Corresponding Author(s): Ke ZHAN,Bin ZHAO

Online First Date: 16 October 2019 Issue Date: 04 December 2019

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Wei SUN,Rui ZHAO,Tian WANG, et al. An approach to prepare uniform graphene oxide/aluminum composite powders by simple electrostatic interaction in water/alcohol solution[J]. Front. Mater. Sci., 2019, 13(4): 375-381.

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Fig.1 Characterization of Al powders and GO: (a) morphology of spherical Al powders; (b) morphology of flake Al powders; (c) morphology of GO powders; (d) XRD pattern of flake Al powders; (e) EDX spectrum of flake Al powders; (f) Raman spectrum of GO powders.

Fig.2 Fabrication procedures for GO/Al composite powders.

Fig.3 Morphologies of GO/Al powders treated in different water/ethyl alcohol ratio solutions: (a) 0%; (b) 20%; (c) 40%; (d) 60%; (e) 80%; (f) 100%.

Fig.4 (a) XRD patterns and (b) Raman spectra of GO/Al powders treated in different water/ethyl alcohol solutions.

Fig.5 XPS spectra of GO/Al composite powders treated in the water/alcohol solution with the water content of 60%: (a) general survey; (b) curve fits of original GO; (c) curve fits of C 1s of GO on the surface of Al powders; (d) curve fit of Al 2p.

Fig.6 The mechanism of GO adsorption on the flake Al surface: (a) Al powder hydrolysis reaction; (b) GO adsorption in the water/alcohol solution.

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