물 공급은 늘어나는 담수 수요와 다르게 줄어들고 있다. 담수의 수요를 충당하기 위해서 나노여과법은 가장 효율 적이고 경제적인 방법이라고 할 수 있다. 해수담수화를 위한 나노여과법의 일반적인 방법으로는 나노여과 멤브레인을 이용한 역삼투압 방식이다. 하지만 기존의 멤브레인들은 주요 특성인 안정성, 경제성, 그리고 살균 및 방오특성이 부족하다. 기존의 나노여과 멤브레인을 향상시키기 위해서 친수성과 방오성이 높은 흑연 산화물이 가장 향상성이 높으며 널리 연구되고 있는 재료이다. 멤브레인 변형은 다른 레이어에 적용될 수 있다. 얇은 막으로 이루어진 멤브레인은 다른 세 레이어로 구성되어 있 다, 표면의 폴리아미드 레이어, 기공 레이어, 그리고 전체적인 구조를 구성하는 지원 직물이다. 정삼투압 토한 에너지 효율적 인 해수담수화 방식이지만 효율이 생물 오염 때문에 떨어진다. 산화그래핀 결합은 향균 기능을 향상할 수 있으며 멤브레인 표면에 바이오필름 생성을 억제할 수 있다. 압력지연삼투는 해수에서 청정에너지를 발전시키는 최고의 방법 중 하나이다. 멤 브레인의 생물 오염은 합성 폴리머 멤브레인의 합성 레이어에 산화 그래핀을 합성하여 줄일 수 있다. 나노여과 멤브레인을 개량하는 여러 연구가 각자의 장단점을 가지고 이루어지고 있다. 이 보고서는 나노여과 멤브레인의 개량, 성질, 그리고 성능 에 대해 논의한다.

The aim of this work is to investigate the ability of a new functionalized graphene oxide 3-amino-5-phenylpyrazole (F-GO) in the adsorption and removal of Hg2+ from aqueous solution. Both untreated graphene oxide (GO) and F-GO were characterized using FT-IR, EDX, FE-SEM, XRD and TGA analysis. The effects of three operational variables (pH, adsorbent dose and initial metal ion concentrations) on Hg2+ adsorption capacity of F-GO were investigated by central composite design. This technique aims to find a simple way to optimize the adsorption process and to analyze the interaction between the significant parameters. A quadratic model suggested for the analysis of variance found that the adsorption of metal ions heavily depend upon pH of the solution. The adsorption mechanism has been determined by pseudo-first-order kinetic models and the adsorption behavior was modeled by Freundlich isotherm. Results demonstrated that the adsorption capacities of F-GO for removal of Hg2+ were generally higher than those of GO, which is attributed to a decrease in the agglomeration of graphene layers due to the presence of amino-functional moieties with their bulky phenyl groups. Thermodynamic data indicated that the functionalization significantly affects the thermostability of the GO precursor materials. The desorption study demonstrated favorable regenerability of the F-GO adsorbent, even after three adsorption–desorption cycles.

Polypyrrole (PPy) decorated on reduced graphene oxide (rGO) films is successfully prepared with pyrrole (Py) monomers and rGO through one-step combining oxidation with polymerization reaction. Compared with the pure individual components, rGO/PPy compound turns out better electrochemical characteristics owing to the introduction of rGO sheets, which improves the specific surface area and the conductivity of composite material. When the amount of rGO is 10% of the total, the rGO/PPy compound delivers the best capacitance of 389.3 F g−1 at 1.0 A g−1 in a three-electrode system and 266.8 F g−1 at 0.25 A g−1 in the symmetric supercapacitor system. In addition, asymmetric device (rGO/PPy//AC) has been successfully fabricated using optimized rGO/PPy compound as positive electrode, activated carbon as negative electrode (AC) and 1 M Na2SO4 aqueous solution as electrolyte. The device obtains long cycle stability under the high-voltage region from 0 to 1.6 V, meanwhile displaying the satisfied energy density of 19.7 Wh kg−1 at 478.1 W kg−1. Besides, the rGO/PPy//AC device presents satisfactory rate capability and long life time.

In this study, partially dry transfer is investigated to solve the problem of fully dry transfer. Partially dry transfer is a method in which multiple layers of graphene are dry-transferred over a wet-transferred graphene layer. At a wavelength of 550 nm, the transmittance of the partially dry-transferred graphene is seen to be about 3% higher for each layer than that of the fully dry-transferred graphene. Furthermore, the sheet resistance of the partially drytransferred graphene is relatively lower than that of the fully dry-transferred graphene, with the minimum sheet resistance being 179 Ω/sq. In addition, the fully dry-transferred graphene is easily damaged during the solution process, so that the performance of the organic photovoltaics (OPV) does not occur. In contrast, the best efficiency achievable for OPV using the partially dry-transferred graphene is 2.37% for 4 layers.

The reduced graphene oxide (rGO)/activated carbon (AC) composites are coated on the aluminum substrate using spray coating technique to fabricate nanocarbon-based supercapacitor. Polymer-based solid-state xanthan-gum/Na2SO4 electrolyte is also introduced to increase stability of the supercapacitor. The electrochemical properties of the supercapacitor are evaluated using cyclic voltammetry, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy and galvanostatic charge/discharge tests. The highest capacitance value of the rGO/AC composite-based supercapacitor is 120 F/g. The rGO/AC composite-based supercapacitor has also retained ~ 85% of its initial capacitance value after 3000 galvanostatic charge/discharge cycles.

We report potentiometric performances of ion-to-electron transducer based on reduced graphene oxide (RGO) for application of all-solid-state potassium ion sensors. A large surface area and pore structure of RGO are obtained by a hydrothermal self-assembly of graphene oxide. The extensive electrochemical characterization of RGO solid contact at the interface of ionselective membrane and gold electrode shows that the potassium ion-selective electrode based on RGO had a high sensitivity (53.34 mV/log[K+]), a low detection of limit (− 4.24 log[ K+], 0.06 mM) a good potential stability, and a high resistance to light and gas interferences. The potentiometric K+- sensor device was fabricated by combining of screen-printed electrodes and a printed circuit board. The K+- sensor device accurately measures the ion concentration of real samples of commercial sports drinks, coke and orange juice, and then transfers the collected data to a mobile application through a Bluetooth module. The screen-printed ion sensors based on RGO solid contact show a great potential for real-time monitoring and point-of-care devices in human health care, water-treatment process, and environmental and chemical industries.

Chemical incorporation of epoxy-modified graphitic layers in epoxy/novolac phenolic resin matrices was carried out through co-curing of epoxy and novolac resins using triphenylphosphine as catalyst. First, (3-glycidyloxypropyl) trimethoxysilane (GPTMS) was grafted on graphene oxide (GO) surface to obtain epoxidized GO layers. Then epoxy resin and GPTMS-modified GO were incorporated into thermosetting reaction using novolac resin in the presence of triphenylphosphine. Covalent attachment of GPTMS-modified GO to the resin matrices resulted in a hybrid composite with high thermal characteristics. Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), X-ray diffraction, and Raman spectroscopy were used for approving modification of GO with GPTMS. The images resulted from scanning and transmission electron microscopies exhibited GO layers with lots of creases turning to smooth layers with a few thin ripples after modification with GPTMS. TGA results showed that thermal characteristics of resins were improved by the addition of GPTMS-modified GO. Char residue of the hybrid composites containing 0.5 and 1 wt% of GPTMS-modified GO reached 28.1 and 34.3%, respectively. Also, their maximum thermal degradation temperature was also increased by the incorporation of GPTMS-modified GO.

In this paper, nitrogen-doped reduced graphene oxide(rGO) is obtained by thermal annealing of nitrogen-containing compounds and graphene oxide (GO) manufactured by modified Hummers' method. We use melamine as a nitrogen-containing compound and treat GO thermally with melamine at over 800 ~ 1,000℃ and 1 ~ 3 hr under Ar atmosphere. The electrical conductivity of doped rGO is measured by 4-point probe method. As a result, nitrogen contents on rGO are found to be in the range of 2.5 to 12.5 at% depending on the doping conditions after thermal annealing. The main doping site on graphene oxide is changed from pyridinic-N and pyrrolinic N to the graphitic site as the heat treatment temperature increases. The electrical conductivity of doped rGO increases as the N doping content increases. As the thermal treatment time increases, the change of both total doping contents and doping sites is slight and the surface resistance is remarkably reduced, which is caused by healing effects of doped graphene oxide at high temperature.

Graphene and Fe3O4 were bound by electrostatic attraction and prepared by effective reduction through microwave treatments. As a result of fabricating graphene with Fe3O4 as a composite material, it has been confirmed that it contributes to the structural improvement in graphene stabilization and at the same time, it shows improved electrochemical performance through improved charge transfer. It was also confirmed that the crystalline Fe3O4 was uniformly dispersed in the rGO sheet, effectively blocking the reaggregation due to the van der Waals interaction between the neighboring rGO sheets. The structural analysis of prepared composites was confirmed by transmission electron microscopy, and X-ray diffractometer. Electrochemical properties of composites were studied by cyclic voltammetry, galvanostatic charge–discharge curves, and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy. The Fe3O4 (0.4 M)/rGO composite showed a high specific capacitance of 972 F g−1 at the current density of 1 A g−1 in 6 M KOH electrolyte, which is higher than that of the pristine materials rGO (251 F g−1) and Fe3O4 (183 F g−1). Also, the prepared composites showed a very stable cyclic behavior at high current density, as well as an improvement in comparison with pristine materials in terms of resistance.

The aluminum (Al)/copper oxide (CuO) complex is known as the most promising material for thermite reactions, releasing a high heat and pressure through ignition or thermal heating. To improve the reaction rate and wettability for handling safety, nanosized primary particles are applied on Al/CuO composite for energetic materials in explosives or propellants. Herein, graphene oxide (GO) is adopted for the Al/CuO composites as the functional supporting materials, preventing a phase-separation between solvent and composites, leading to a significantly enhanced reactivity. The characterizations of Al/CuO decorated on GO(Al/CuO/GO) are performed through scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, and energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy mapping analysis. Moreover, the functional bridging between Al/CuO and GO is suggested by identifying the chemical bonding with GO in X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy analysis. The reactivity of Al/CuO/GO composites is evaluated by comparing the maximum pressure and rate of the pressure increase of Al/CuO and Al/CuO/GO. The composites with a specific concentration of GO (10 wt%) demonstrate a well-dispersed mixture in hexane solution without phase separation.

그래핀, 제올라이트, metal-organic frameworks (MOF)s 등 다양한 나노 소재를 이차원 나노쉬트 형태로 제조하고, 이를 이용한 초박막 고성능 분리막을 개발하고자 하는 연구가 활발히 진행되고 있다. 특히, 산화그래핀의 경우, 2000년대 초반에 관련 연구가 시작된 이후, 다양한 합성 및 박막 코팅 기술이 축적되어 있어 빠른 속도로 분리막 분야에 응용되고 있다. 다층으로 적층된 산화그래핀 박막은 층간 거리를 조절함에 따라 물리적 거름막으로 작용할 수 있으며, 또한 표면의 기능기 및 삽입된 물질과 거르는 물질 간의 상호작용을 제어함에 따라 다양한 물질의 선택적 분리가 가능하다. 본 총설에서는 산화그래핀의 나노여과막 응용분야에 관하여 중점적으로 다루고자 한다. 본고에서는, 다양한 용매 내에서 산화그래핀 박막의 분리 기작 및 성능에 영향을 미치는 핵심 요소들에 대해 요약하였으며, 그 외 산화그래핀 기반 분리막의 실질적인 상용화에 필요한 핵심 기술요소 및 개발 동향에 대하여 논하고자 한다.

본 연구에서는 탄소 나노재료 중 환원된 그래핀 옥사이드와 전도성 고분자중 폴리아닐린을 복합화 하여 슈퍼커패시터용 전극을 제조하였으며, 각각의 전극 재료가 가지는 단점을 서로 보완하고 장점을 극대화시킴으로써 전극의 전기화학적 특성을 크게 향상 시킬 수 있었다. 전극 물질에 사용된 폴리아닐린은 아닐린 단량체를 화학 중합법으로 제조하였고, 환원된 그래핀 옥사이드는 별도의 전 처리 과정 없이 사용 하였으며, DMF(N,N-dimethyl formamide)를 용매로 도입하여 분산용액을 제조하였다. 분산용액은 금이 코팅된PET(Polyethylene terephthalate) 기판위에 산업적 스케일로 적용이 가능한 스프레이 코팅 방법을 이용하여 전극으로 제조하였다. 환원된 그래핀 옥사이드/폴리아닐린 복합재료를 기반으로 제조된 전극의 전기화학적 특성을 비교하기 위하여 환원된 그래핀 옥사이드와 폴리아닐린 단일 전극을 제조하였으며, 동일 한 조건하에서 순환전압전류법, 임피던스 분광법, 정전류 충·방전법을 통하여 각각의 전극이 나타내는 전기 화학적 특성을 비교·분석 하였다. 그 결과로, 환원된 그래핀 옥사이드/폴리아닐린 복합재료를 기반으로 제조된 전극은 폴리아닐린, 환원된 그래핀 옥사 단일 전극에 비하여 전기 용량 값이 높게 나타났으며, 전해질 계면과의 내부 저항은 폴리아닐린, 환원된 그래핀 옥사이드 단일 전극에 비하여 각각 24 %, 58 % 감소하는 결과를 나타내었다. 이러한 결과로 미루어보아 본 연구를 통하여 제조된 환원된 그래핀 옥사이드/폴리 아닐린 복합재료 기반의 전극은 유연성 에너지 저장 매체나 웨어러블 전자기기에 적용이 가능할 것으로 판단된다.