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  • Synthesis of Graphene Aerog...
    Worsley, Marcus A; Pauzauskie, Peter J; Olson, Tammy Y; Biener, Juergen; Satcher, Joe H; Baumann, Theodore F

    Journal of the American Chemical Society, 10/2010, Volume: 132, Issue: 40
    Journal Article

    We report the synthesis of ultra-low-density three-dimensional macroassemblies of graphene sheets that exhibit high electrical conductivities and large internal surface areas. These materials are prepared as monolithic solids from suspensions of single-layer graphene oxide in which organic sol−gel chemistry is used to cross-link the individual sheets. The resulting gels are supercritically dried and then thermally reduced to yield graphene aerogels with densities approaching 10 mg/cm3. In contrast to methods that utilize physical cross-links between GO, this approach provides covalent carbon bonding between the graphene sheets. These graphene aerogels exhibit an improvement in bulk electrical conductivity of more than 2 orders of magnitude (∼1 × 102 S/m) compared to graphene assemblies with physical cross-links alone (∼5 × 10−1 S/m). The graphene aerogels also possess large surface areas (584 m2/g) and pore volumes (2.96 cm3/g), making these materials viable candidates for use in energy storage, catalysis, and sensing applications.