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  • Biomass-Derived Thermally A...
    Shahzad, Faisal; Kumar, Pradip; Kim, Yoon-Hyun; Hong, Soon Man; Koo, Chong Min

    ACS applied materials & interfaces, 04/2016, Volume: 8, Issue: 14
    Journal Article

    Electrically conductive thin carbon materials have attracted remarkable interest as a shielding material to mitigate the electromagnetic interference (EMI) produced by many telecommunication devices. Herein, we developed a sulfur-doped reduced graphene oxide (SrGO) with high electrical conductivity through using a novel biomass, mushroom-based sulfur compound (lenthionine) via a two-step thermal treatment. The resultant SrGO product exhibited excellent electrical conductivity of 311 S cm–1, which is 52% larger than 205 S cm–1 for undoped rGO. SrGO also exhibited an excellent EMI shielding effectiveness of 38.6 dB, which is 61% larger than 24.4 dB measured for undoped rGO. Analytical examinations indicate that a sulfur content of 1.95 atom % acts as n-type dopant, increasing electrical conductivity and, therefore, EMI shielding of doped graphene.