Synthesis of graphene soluble in organic solvents by simultaneous ether-functionalization with octadecane groups and reduction

• Main Authors: Liu, Jincheng, Wang, Yinjie, Xu, Shiping, Sun, Darren Delai
• Other Authors: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Materials::Energy materials
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/79950; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/7008
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Octadecane-functionalized graphene (OD-G) soluble in organic solvents was produced by combining the 21 Hummers process for graphite oxidation and a simultaneous ether-functionalization and reduction approach 22 with 1-bromooctadecane in pyridine and dimethylformamide (D...