US 12,406,992 B2Granted

Dispersible edge functionalised graphene platelets

AssigneeSicona Battery Technologies Pty Ltd

InventorsGordon George Wallace, David Leslie Officer, Rouhollah Jalili, Ashley John Walker, Gregory Michael Ryder, Shaikh Nayeem Faisal

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Abstract

The present disclosure provides a dispersible graphene platelet and a method of making same. The structure of the graphene platelet 10 comprises a base layer 1 of graphene on which at least one discontinuous layer 2, 3, 4 of graphene is stacked, with each layer of graphene above the base layer having a smaller surface area than the layer it is stacked upon. The edges of the base layer and the discontinuous layers stacked upon it are all at least partially functionalised 5, providing a structure with graphene-like properties owing to the base layer and relatively high dispersibility owing to the increased amount of functionalised groups on each platelet. The platelets may be used for a number of applications, for example in the production of electrodes or composite materials.

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A dispersible graphene platelet including:

a base layer of graphene;
at least one discontinuous graphene layer stacked on the base layer;
wherein each discontinuous layer has a smaller surface area than the layer it is stacked upon;
wherein each base layer and each discontinuous layer is defined by a central region and an edge region;
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wherein the edge regions of the base layer and the at least one discontinuous layer are at least partially functionalized by oxidation with ruthenium tetroxide and the central regions of the base layers and the discontinuous layers are unfunctionalized;
wherein the resulting platelet forms a stable dispersion in water at concentrations up to 10 mg/mL for at least 3 months, forms a stable suspension in water at concentrations over 100 mg/mL for at least 6 hours, or forms a stable suspension in organic solvents at concentrations of 50 mg/mL for at least 6 hours.

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