Issue 48, 2010

Individual nanocomposite sheets of chemically reduced graphene oxide and poly(N-vinyl pyrrolidone): preparation and humidity sensing characteristics

Abstract

Individual nanocomposite sheets of chemically reduced graphene oxide (CRG) and poly(N-vinyl pyrrolidone) (PVP), namely CRG/PVP, have been fabricated through a simple one-pot procedure. The structure and composition of the as-prepared CRG/PVP sheets were complementarily characterized using solid-state 13C NMR, atomic force microscopy (AFM), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), and other spectroscopic measurements, demonstrating that the PVP molecules were chemically grafted on the CRG surfaces. The electrical conductivity of the individual CRG/PVP sheets was measured at different levels of relative humidity (RH) using a conductive atomic force microscopy (CAFM) system, revealing that the electrical conductivity of a CRG/PVP sheet is sensitive to RH variation with a response time of a few seconds. Given the easy mass scale production and improved electrical conductivity, we envisage that the CRG/PVP nanocomposite sheets should have a broad spectrum of applications in electrical conductivity based sensors.

Graphical abstract: Individual nanocomposite sheets of chemically reduced graphene oxide and poly(N-vinyl pyrrolidone): preparation and humidity sensing characteristics

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
28 Jul 2010
Accepted
08 Sep 2010
First published
09 Oct 2010

J. Mater. Chem., 2010,20, 10824-10828

Individual nanocomposite sheets of chemically reduced graphene oxide and poly(N-vinyl pyrrolidone): preparation and humidity sensing characteristics

J. Zhang, G. Shen, W. Wang, X. Zhou and S. Guo, J. Mater. Chem., 2010, 20, 10824 DOI: 10.1039/C0JM02440F

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