Spontaneous solvation of graphene from KC24(NH3) and KC8 graphite intercalation compounds (GICs) in tetrahydrofuran (THF)

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Liquid phase exfoliation of graphite is a scalable method for the production of graphene with an inbuilt medium for the manipulation of the graphene into applications. Much like salt dissolving in water, we have recently shown that layered salts of graphite, graphite intercalation compounds (GICs) can dissolve in polar solvents such as tetrahydrofuran (THF). This gentle dissolution results in undamaged, negatively charged graphene sheets in solution.This experiment aims to investigate the mechanism of dissolution of graphite intercalation compounds (GICs), KC24NH3 and KC8 in THF, firstly by monitoring the changes in their structure as the solvent is added, and secondly, by observing the appearance of small angle scattering due to the spontaneous solvation of graphene.

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DOI https://doi.org/10.5286/ISIS.E.82358153
Metadata Access https://icatisis.esc.rl.ac.uk/oaipmh/request?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_datacite&identifier=oai:icatisis.esc.rl.ac.uk:inv/82358153
Provenance
Creator Dr Chris Howard; Mr Mitch Watts; Dr Neal Skipper; Dr Patrick Cullen; Dr Andrew Seel; Dr Tom Headen; Dr Alexander Kilpatrick
Publisher ISIS Neutron and Muon Source
Publication Year 2019
Rights CC-BY Attribution 4.0 International; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
OpenAccess true
Contact isisdata(at)stfc.ac.uk
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Resource Type Dataset
Discipline Chemistry; Natural Sciences
Temporal Coverage Begin 2016-10-22T08:00:00Z
Temporal Coverage End 2016-10-27T08:00:00Z