Graphene
Graphene is the name given to a two-dimensional sheet of sp2-hybridized carbon. Its extended honeycomb network is the basic building block of other important allotropes; it can be stacked to form 3D graphite, rolled to form 1D nanotubes, and wrapped to form 0D fullerenes. Long-range π-conjugation in graphene yields extraordinary thermal. mechanical, and electrical properties, which have long been the interest of many theoretical studies and more recently became an exciting area for experimentalists. Graphene can be prepared by several approaches such as chemical vapor deposition (CVD), mechanical exfoliation, and chemical reduction of graphite oxide. In the near future, it will be widely used in many fields including energy, electronic, and sensor applications.
Research Projects
Development of printable conductive paste using carbon-base materials, NRF, 2010 ~ 2013
Development of graphene based transparent conducting films, KCC, 2010 ~ 2013
High-performance solution-processed graphene field effect transistors, NRF, 2010 ~ 2013
Preparation of polyaniline nanofibers in compressed CO2/UOU, 2011
Development of a High Capacity Graphene-based Composite for Lithium Secondary Batteries, NRF, 2009 ~ 2012
Fabrication and application of TiO2 nanocomposite photocatalysts for the visible light operation, NRF, 2010 ~ 2012
Development of CNT-TiO2 photocatalysts using CNT separation technology. KIAT, 2012
Development of the Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cell Using Carbon Nanotube and Graphene, KIAT, 2010 ~ 2013
Improvement of the dispersibility of CCGs and its application for preparation of RGO-polymer nanocomposites,NRF, 2011 ~ 2016
Featured publications
Fast and simple fabrication of a large transparent chemically-converted graphene film by spray-coating, Carbon, 48, 1945-1951 (2010)
One-step synthesis of superior dispersion of chemically converted graphene in organic solvents, Chem. Commun., 4375-4377 (2010)
Chemical functionalization of graphene sheets by solvothermal reduction of a graphene oxide suspension in N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone, J. Mater. Chem.,21, 3371-3377 (2011)
Temperature-dependent photoluminescence from chemically and thermally reduced graphene oxide, Appl. Phys. Lett., 99, 041905-041907 (2011)
Superior conductive polystyrene ? chemically converted graphene nanocomposite, J. Mater. Chem., 21, 11312-11316 (2011)
Low-voltage solution-processed graphene transistors based on chemically and solvothermally reduced graphene oxide, J. Mater. Chem., 21, 13068-13073 (2011)
The role of graphene oxide content on the adsorption-enhanced photocatalysis of titanium dioxide/graphene oxide composites, Chem. Eng. J., 170, 226-232 (2011)
Uniform distribution of TiO2 nanocrystals on reduced graphene oxide sheets by the chelating ligands, J. Colloid Interf. Sci. 367, 139-147 (2011)
Synthesis of the chemically converted graphene xerogel with superior electrical conductivity, Chem. Commun.,47, 9672-9674 (2011)