Bottom-up assembly of hydrophobic nanocrystals and graphene nanosheets into mesoporous nanocomposites

Jijiang Huang, Wenxian Liu, Li Wang, Xiaoming Sun, Fengwei Huo, Junfeng Liu

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Abstract

A general strategy for constructing graphene-based nanocomposites is achieved by emulsion-based bottom-up self-assembly of hydrophobic nanocrystals (NCs) to positively charged colloidal spheres, followed by the electrostatic assembly of NC colloidal spheres with negatively charged graphene oxide in an acidulous aqueous solution. With a simple heat treatment, 3D mesoporous NC spheres/graphene composites are obtained. TiO2/graphene composites typically exhibit a better rate capability and cycle performance than do the corresponding isolated TiO2 spheres.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)4434-4440
Number of pages7
JournalLangmuir
Volume30
Issue number15
DOIs
StatePublished - 22 Apr 2014

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