Issue 43, 2015

Facile fabrication of multifunctional perfluoroalkyl functionalized graphene hydrogel via a synchronous reduction and grafting strategy

Abstract

Fluorine-containing groups represent very promising functionalities because fluorine not only changes the physico-chemical properties of the graphene surface, it may also alter its electronic and magnetic properties. Herein, we describe, for the first time, the synthesis and characterization of the perfluoroalkyl functionalization of graphene oxide by a simple and general solution-based process using perfluorooctyl functionalized aniline (RF-NH2) as both reducing and grafting reagent. Importantly, the perfluoroalkyl functionalized graphene hydrogels (FGHs) could be achieved by a hydrothermal method. The as-fabricated FGHs exhibited outstanding absorption ability and electrochemical performances, including ultrahigh specific capacitances of 321.6 F g−1 and excellent cycling stability in aqueous and organic electrolytes. The changes in the electronic structure of the perfluoroalkyl functionalized graphene were also simulated by density functional theory.

Graphical abstract: Facile fabrication of multifunctional perfluoroalkyl functionalized graphene hydrogel via a synchronous reduction and grafting strategy

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
29 Aug 2015
Accepted
14 Sep 2015
First published
14 Sep 2015

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2015,3, 21744-21753

Author version available

Facile fabrication of multifunctional perfluoroalkyl functionalized graphene hydrogel via a synchronous reduction and grafting strategy

T. Li, Y. Ding, L. Liu, J. Liu, W. Fang, Y. Xiang and T. Li, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2015, 3, 21744 DOI: 10.1039/C5TA06828B

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