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Synthesis and Characterization of Highly Crystalline Graphene Aerogels

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Marcus A. Worsley *
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Thang Pham
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Aiming Yan
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S. J. Shin
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Jonathan R. I. Lee
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Michael Bagge‐Hansen
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William Mickelson
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Alex Zettl
DOI:10.1021/nn505335udelete
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Aerogels are used in a broad range of scientific and industrial applications due to their large surface areas, ultrafine pore sizes, and extremely low densities. Recently, a large number of reports have described graphene aerogels based on the reduction of graphene oxide (GO). Though these GO-based aerogels represent a considerable advance relative to traditional carbon aerogels, they remain significantly inferior to individual graphene sheets due to their poor crystallinity. Here, we report a straightforward method to synthesize highly crystalline GO-based graphene aerogels via high-temperature processing common in commercial graphite production. The crystallization of the graphene aerogels versus annealing temperature is characterized using Raman and X-ray absorption spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, and electron microscopy. Nitrogen porosimetry shows that the highly crystalline graphene macrostructure maintains a high surface area and ultrafine pore size. Because of their enhanced crystallinity, these graphene aerogels exhibit a similar to 200 degrees C improvement in oxidation temperature and an order of magnitude increase in electrical conductivity.
Keywords:
aerogel
graphene
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