Bulk Polymer-Derived Ceramic Composites Of Graphene Oxide

Abstract

Bulk polymer-derived ceramic (PDC) composites of SiCO with an embedded graphene network were produced using graphene-coated poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) foams as templates. The pyrolysis of green bodies containing cross-linked polysiloxane, PVA foams, and graphene oxide (GO) resulted in the decomposition of PVA foams, compression of GO layers, and formation of graphitic domains adjacent to GO within the SiCO composite, leading to SiCO composites with an embedded graphene network. The SiCO/GO composite, with about 1.5% GO in the ceramic matrix, offered an increase in the electrical conductivity by more than 4 orders of magnitude compared to that of pure SiCO ceramics. Additionally, the unique graphene network in the SiCO demonstrated a drop in the observed thermal conductivity of the composite (∼0.8 W m-1 K-1). Young's modulus of the as-fabricated SiCO/GO composites was found to be around 210 MPa, which is notably higher than the reported values for similar composites fabricated from only ceramic precursors and PVA foams. The present approach demonstrates a facile and cost-effective method of producing bulk PDC composites with high electrical conductivity, good thermal stability, and low thermal conductivity.

Publication Date

4-30-2018

Publication Title

ACS Omega

Volume

3

Issue

4

Number of Pages

4006-4016

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.8b00492

Socpus ID

85045321390 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85045321390

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