High concentration of few-layer graphene and MoS2 nanosheets using carboxyl methyl cellulose as a high-performance stabiliser

Jingqi Shang; Enyong Ding; Feng Xue; Xingrong Zeng; Jiewei Chen; Ning Xu; Nianchun Zhang; Qiushi Wei

High concentration of few-layer graphene and MoS₂ nanosheets using carboxyl methyl cellulose as a high-performance stabiliser

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Author(s): Jingqi Shang¹ ; Enyong Ding¹ ; Feng Xue¹ ; Xingrong Zeng¹ ; Jiewei Chen¹ ; Ning Xu¹ ; Nianchun Zhang¹ ; Qiushi Wei¹
- Affiliations: 1: College of Materials Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology , Wushan Road , Guangzhou 510640 , People's Republic of China
Source: Volume 14, Issue 8, 24 July 2019, p. 835 – 839
DOI: 10.1049/mnl.2018.5468 , Online ISSN 1750-0443

Received 14/08/2018, Accepted 12/03/2019, Revised 04/03/2019, Published 24/07/2019

This work report a facile, rapid and efficient approach to prepare high-concentration graphene and MoS₂ nanosheets through the liquid phase exfoliation of bulk materials with the method of high-pressure homogenisation assisted by carboxyl methyl cellulose. The few-layer graphene and MoS₂ nanosheets dispersions are prepared under 100 MPa for 10 min at high concentrations up to 1.45 and 0.28 mg/ml. The two nanodispersions could be applied to prepare the polyvinyl alcohol composite with well dispersibility and thermal stability.

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