Effects of Solvent Molecules on the Interlayer Spacing of Graphene Oxide

Graphene oxide (GO) contains numerous functional groups that facilitate the intercalation of polar solvents. The properties and applications of GO are closely related to its interlayer spacing. We report on the changes in the interlayer spacing of GO after the adsorption of water molecules and the p...

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Veröffentlicht in:Transactions of Tianjin University 2018, Vol.24 (6), p.555-562
Hauptverfasser: Liu, Liyan, Zhang, Ruifeng, Liu, Ying, Zhu, Haonan, Tan, Wei, Zhu, Guorui, Wang, Yang
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Zusammenfassung:Graphene oxide (GO) contains numerous functional groups that facilitate the intercalation of polar solvents. The properties and applications of GO are closely related to its interlayer spacing. We report on the changes in the interlayer spacing of GO after the adsorption of water molecules and the polar organic solvents C 2 H 6 O 2 (EG), C 3 H 7 NO (DMF), C 5 H 9 NO (NMP). Experiments were conducted to investigate the variations in the functional groups and structure of GO after solvent adsorption, and they play a vital role in modeling and verifying the results of molecular dynamics simulation. The most stable GO structures are obtained through molecular dynamics simulation. The expansion of the interlayer spacing of GO after the adsorption of monolayer solvent molecules corresponds to the minimum three-dimensional size of the solvent molecules. The spatial arrangement of solvent molecules also contributes to the changes in interlayer spacing. Most adsorbed molecules are oriented parallel to the carbon plane of GO. However, as additional molecules are adsorbed into the interlaminations of GO, the adsorbed molecules are oriented perpendicular to the carbon plane of GO, and a large space forms between two GO interlayers. In addition, the role of large molecules in increasing interlayer spacing becomes more crucial than that of water molecules in the adsorption of binary solvent systems by GO.
ISSN:1006-4982
1995-8196
DOI:10.1007/s12209-018-0164-4