Title

Reduced Graphene Oxide/Poly(3-hexylthiophene) Supramolecular Composites

Authors

Authors

A. Chunder; J. H. Liu;L. Zhai

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Abbreviated Journal Title

Macromol. Rapid Commun.

Keywords

nanocomposites; nanowires; poly(3-hexylthiophene); reduced graphene; oxide; supramolecular structures; EXFOLIATED GRAPHITE OXIDE; AQUEOUS DISPERSIONS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; CARBON NANOTUBES; MOLECULAR-WEIGHT; RAMAN-SPECTRA; SOLAR-CELLS; SHEETS; FILMS; SPECTROSCOPY; Polymer Science

Abstract

Poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) supramolecular structures are fabricated on P3HT-dispersed reduced graphene oxide (RGO) monolayers and surfactant-free RGO monolayers. P3HT is able to disperse RGO in hot anisole/NN-dimethylformamide solvents, and forms nanowires on RGO surfaces through a RGO induced crystallization process. The TEM and AFM investigation of the resultant P3HT/RGO composites shows that P3HT nanowires grow from RGO, and connect individual RGO monolayers. Raman spectroscopy confirms the interaction between P3HT and RGO, which allows the manipulation of the RGO electrical properties. Such a bottom-up approach provides interesting graphene-based composites for nanometer-scale electronics.

Journal Title

Macromolecular Rapid Communications

Volume

31

Issue/Number

4

Publication Date

1-1-2010

Document Type

Article

Language

English

First Page

380

Last Page

384

WOS Identifier

WOS:000275591000007

ISSN

1022-1336

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