Preparation of conductive carbon films from polyacrylonitrile/graphene oxide composite films by thermal treatment

Ga Young Baek; Hwa Su Lee; Jin-Mook Jung; In-Tae Hwang; Junhwa Shin; Chan-Hee Jung; Jae-Hak Choi

Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, Vol.58, 87-91, February, 2018

DOI10.1016/j.jiec.2017.09.011 Export Citation

Preparation of conductive carbon films from polyacrylonitrile/graphene oxide composite films by thermal treatment

Ga Young Baek, Hwa Su Lee, Jin-Mook Jung, In-Tae Hwang¹, Junhwa Shin¹, Chan-Hee Jung^{1, †}, and Jae-Hak Choi^†

Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 305-764, South Korea
¹Research Division for Industry and Environment, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, Jeollabuk-do 580-185, South Korea

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Electrically-conductive carbon films were prepared by the thermal treatment of polyacrylonitrile/graphene oxide (PAN/GO) composite films. PAN/GO composite films spin-coated on substrates were stabilized in air and then carbonized under inert atmosphere at 1000 °C to form carbon films. It was found that the cyclization of PAN and the partial reduction of GO occurred simultaneously during stabilization. The incorporation of GO was found to help to lower the energy and temperature of cyclization by an additional ionic reaction mechanism and to form large and compact crystalline structures. The electrical conductivity increased to 5.92 × 102 S/cm with an increasing GO content.

Keywords:Conductive carbon films;Polyacrylonitrile;Graphene oxide;Stabilization;Carbonization

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