Stoichoimetric graphene fluoride monolayers are obtained in a single step by the liquid-phase exfoliation of graphite fluoride with sulfolane. Comparative quantum-mechanical calculations reveal that graphene fluoride is the most thermodynamically stable of five studied hypothetical graphene derivatives; graphane, graphene fluoride, bromide, chloride, and iodide. The graphene fluoride is transformed into graphene via graphene iodide, a spontaneously decomposing intermediate. The calculated bandgaps of graphene halides vary from zero for graphene bromide to 3.1 eV for graphene fluoride. It is possible to design the electronic properties of such two-dimensional crystals.
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December 2024
National Centre for Compositional Characterization of Materials (NCCCM), Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Department of Atomic Energy, Hyderabad, 500 062, India.
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Center for Transport Technologies, Battery Technologies, AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH, Giefinggasse 2, Vienna 1210, Austria.
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December 2024
CIRENYS, Escuela de Química y Farmacia, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Universidad Bernardo O'Higgins, General Gana 1702, Santiago 8370854, Chile.
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December 2024
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Korea University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
This paper investigates the phase behaviors, morphology changes, and degree of dispersion of a multi-component cathode battery slurry system. The slurry comprises polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) as the binder, hydrogenated nitrile butadiene rubber (HNBR) as the dispersant with varying acrylonitrile (ACN) content, N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone (NMP) as the solvent, and carbon nanotubes/graphene (CNTs/GRA) as the conductive agent. Several analytical methods, including visualized imaging, solubility parameters, radial distribution function (RDF) analysis, β phase PVDF analysis, near-atom analysis, and potential of mean force (PMF) analysis, were employed to compare the slurry's characteristics.
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December 2024
Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Design, University of Bath, Bath BA2 7AY, U.K.
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