Embodiment
The present invention is further detailed explanation below in conjunction with drawings and Examples.The method for preparing spherical graphite alkene of the present invention may further comprise the steps:
One, preparation Graphene, the Graphene that Graphene can adopt the method for prior art to obtain comprises the Graphene that oxide-reduction method, mechanically peel method, epitaxial growth method, chemical Vapor deposition process CVD, electrochemical method, arc process prepare.
The Graphene of oxide-reduction method preparation is referring to document: 1.Hummers, W.S.; Offeman, R.E.J.Am.Chem.Soc., 1958,80 (6): 1339; 1987.Graphite must arrive the edge through chemical oxidation first and contain carboxyl, hydroxyl, and interlayer contains the graphite oxide (graphite oxide) of the oxy radicals such as epoxy and carbonyl.This process can make the graphite layers distance expand about 0.78nm to from 0.34nm.2. Yang Yong hilllock, Chen Chengmeng, Wen Yuefang, Yang Quanhong, Wang Maozhang. novel charcoal material, 2008,23 (3): 193; 3.Shin, H.J.; Kim, K.K.; Benayad, A.; Yoon, S.M.; Park, H.K.; Jung, I.S.; Jin, M.H.; Jeong, H.K.; Kim, J.M.; Choi, J.Y.; Lee, Y.H.Adv.Funct.Mater., 2009,19 (12).Above-mentioned graphite oxide is peeled off the graphene oxide (grapheme oxide) that (peeling off as ultrasonic) obtains monoatomic layer thickness by external force.Further reduction prepares Graphene.
The Graphene of mechanically peel method preparation is referring to document: 1.Novoselov K S, Geim A K, Morozov S V, Jiang D, Zhang Y, Dubonos S V, Grigorieva I V, Firsov A A.Science, 2004,306 (5696): 666~669; 2.Novoselov K S, Jiang D, Schedin F, Booth T J, Khotkevich V V, Morozov S V, Geim A K.Proc, Natl.Acad.Sci.USA, 2005,102 (30): 10451~10453.Go out graphene sheet layer by mechanical force from the sur-face peeling of highly oriented pyrolytic graphite.Mainly be the groove face that goes out wide 20 μ m-2mm, dark 5 μ m with oxygen plasma Shu Zaigao orientation pyrolytic graphite (HOPG) surface etch, and it is compressed on SiO with photo-resist
2In/Si the substrate, after the roasting, repeatedly separate unnecessary graphite flake with scotch tape, the graphite flake that remains on the Si wafer is soaked in the acetone, and ultrasonic cleaning in a large amount of water and propyl alcohol, remove mostly than obtaining thickness behind the sheet layer less than the lamella of 10nm, these thin lamellas mainly rely on Van der Waals force or capillary force and SiO
2Combine closely, under atomic force microscope, pick out the graphene sheet layer that thickness only has several monatomic bed thickness at last.
Two, preparation globular graphite alkene,
Method one: Graphene is scattered in water or the alcohol, and concentration is 3-10mg/mL, adopts the high power treatment mode, ultrasonic power density 1000-1800W/cm
2, frequency 20-28kHz, time 10min-10h, or rotational speed of ball-mill 10-50rpm, then time 5-24h carries out granulating and drying, obtains globular graphite alkene.
Method two; With graphene powder, dispersed with stirring is in water, concentration is 3-10mg/mL, then carry out dispersion treatment with the Microfluidizer M-110L high pressure microjet nano-dispersed instrument that adopts U.S. MICROFLUIDICS, pressure is 10000-40000 sterling/square inch (PSI), process 2-5 time, then carry out granulating and drying, obtain globular graphite alkene.
The equipment that granulating and drying adopts is pyrolysis granulating and drying equipment, freezing granulating and drying equipment, also can use the fluidization spray granulating equipment, spray drying device or cohesion granulating equipment, granulating and drying speed can be for per hour 50mL be to 5L, and the employing industrial equipments per hour can reach 500L.
The Graphene of method preparation of the present invention, with the observation of the S-4800 of Hitachi field emission scanning electron microscope, microscopic appearance is spherical, diameter distributes at 5-15 μ m.With JEOL-2100F high resolution field transmission electron microscopy observation, graphene sheet layer distributes between 1-10.
The globular graphite alkene of method of the present invention preparation is that the tap density of automatic tap density instrumentation amount globular graphite alkene of autotap is more than 0.2g/mL with U.S. Kang Ta company model.
Embodiment 1,
The first step, Graphene prepares graphene powder according to disclosed oxide-reduction method embodiment one among the China Patent Publication No. CN101997120A.The tap density of Graphene is 0.09g/mL.
Second step is dispersed in water graphene powder, and concentration is 3mg/mL, frequency 28kHz, power 1800W/cm
2, supersound process 10min carries out granulating and drying, and obtaining microscopic appearance is spherical graphene powder.
As shown in Figure 1, the Graphene microscopic appearance is spherical, and diameter distributes at 5-15 μ m, and the tap density of globular graphite alkene is 0.25g/mL.Shown in Fig. 2 and 3, graphene sheet layer distributes between 1-10, and thin layer graphite alkene sheet is with uniform microspheres form stable existence.
Embodiment 2,
The first step, the Graphene of epitaxial growth method preparation.Referring to document: 1, Berger, C.; Song, Z.; Li, T.; Li, X.; Ogbazghi, A.Y.; Feng, R.; Dai, Z.T.; Marchenkov, A.N.; Conrad, E.H.; First, P.N.; De Heer, W.A.J.Phys.Chem.B, 2004,108 (52): 19912; 2, Berger, C.; Song, Z.; Li, X.; Wu, X.; Brown, N.; Naud, C.; Mayou, D.; Li, T.; Hass, J.; Marchenkov, A.N.; Conrad, E.H.; First, P.N.; De Heer, W.A.Science, 2006,312 (5777): 1191.First the SiC single-crystal surface is cleaned, process is as follows: 1, use analytically pure tetrafluoro-methane, acetone, ethanol, deionized water ultrasonic multiple to clean, with the organic matter removal of surface adsorption; 2, with using deionized water rinsing behind the vitriol oil and hydrogen peroxide mixed solution (volume ratio 1: 1) the immersion 5min, remove oxide compound, metal and the organic impurity on surface; 3, with 5% hydrofluoric acid solution etching surface 3min, remove the zone of oxidation on surface; 4, with deionized water rinsing for several times at last, dry up with high pure nitrogen, put into rapidly vacuum chamber.Under ultrahigh vacuum(HHV) (1.33 * 10
-8Pa) be heated to 700-1000 ℃ and keep substrate evaporation Si, depositing time is about 1-10min.Condition of surface by reflection high energy electron diffraction (RHEED) confirmatory sample in deposition process, then sample reheats to 1250-1450 ℃ and constant temperature 10-20min and carries out anneal.The tap density of Graphene is 0.08g/mL.
Second step: graphene powder is dispersed in the alcohol, and concentration is 10mg/mL, frequency 20kHz, power 1000W/cm
2, supersound process 10h carries out granulating and drying, and obtaining microscopic appearance is spherical graphene powder.The tap density of globular graphite alkene is 0.21g/mL.
Embodiment 3,
The first step, the Graphene of chemical Vapor deposition process preparation, the Graphene of chemical Vapor deposition process preparation is referring to document: Obraztsov, A.N.Nat.Nanotechnol., 2009,4:212.Concrete operation step is as follows: 1, utilize sputtering method to plate uniform nickel dam at thickness for the monocrystalline silicon sheet surface of 0.7mm, thickness is 400nm, with this as planar substrates.2, carry out the high temperature anneal in tube furnace, planar substrates is heated to 1000 ℃ with 5 ℃/min of temperature rise rate, then pass into the decomposable presoma ethene of high temperature atmosphere, carbon atom will be in nickel dam surface growth deposition, and the time is 30min.In air, be cooled to room temperature; 3, the surface being had the substrate of Graphene put into concentration is that the ferric chloride Solution of 1mol/L carries out chemical corrosion, and soak time is 24h.Graphene will swim in solution surface.4, filter, use deionized water wash, use prior art to carry out drying.Obtain graphene powder.The tap density of Graphene is 0.09g/mL.
Second step: graphene powder is dispersed in the alcohol, and concentration is 8mg/mL, frequency 20kHz, power 1800W/cm
2, supersound process 8h carries out granulating and drying, and obtaining microscopic appearance is spherical graphene powder.The tap density of globular graphite alkene is 0.23g/mL.
Embodiment 4,
The first step, the Graphene of electrochemical production.The Graphene of electrochemical production is referring to document: Liu, N.; Luo, F.; Wu, H.X.; Liu, Y.H.; Zhang, C.; Chen, J.Adv.Funct.Mater., 2008,18 (10): 1518.Method by the electrochemical oxidation graphite rod has prepared Graphene.Two diameters high purity graphite rod (purity is 99.99%) that is 1cm inserted abreast contain ionic liquid [C
8Mim]
+[PF
6]
-The aqueous solution in, two interelectrode distances are 6cm, control voltage 15V, graphite anode rod is corroded behind the 30min, positively charged ion in the ionic liquid forms free radical in cathodic reduction, and the π-electron in graphene film is combined, and forms the graphene film of ion liquid functionalization, use at last the black precipitate in the absolute ethanol washing electrolyzer, 60 ℃ of lower dry 2h can obtain Graphene.The tap density of Graphene is 0.05g/mL.
Second step: graphene powder is dispersed in water, and concentration is 10mg/mL, then adopts high pressure microjet nano-dispersed instrument to carry out dispersion treatment, pressure is 40000 pounds of/square inch PSI, process 5 times, then carry out granulating and drying, obtaining microscopic appearance is spherical graphene powder.The tap density of globular graphite alkene is 0.26g/mL.
Embodiment 5,
The first step, Graphene prepares graphene powder according to disclosed oxide-reduction method embodiment one among the China Patent Publication No. CN101997120A.The tap density of Graphene is 0.09g/mL.
Second step: graphene powder is dispersed in water, concentration is 3mg/mL, then carry out dispersion treatment with the Microfluidizer M-110L high pressure microjet nano-dispersed instrument that adopts U.S. MICROFLUIDICS, pressure is 10000 pounds of/square inch PSI, process 2 times, then carry out granulating and drying, obtaining microcosmic type looks is spherical graphene powder.The tap density of globular graphite alkene is 0.25g/mL.
Embodiment 6,
Step 1: the Graphene that adopts the arc process preparation.The Graphene of arc process preparation is referring to document: Subrahmanyam, K.S.; Panchakarla, L.S.; Govindaraj, A.; Rao, C.N.R.J.Phys.Chem.C, 2009,113 (11): 4257.It is the graphite rod of 8cm that anode and cathode is all selected diameter, and initial gas pressure is 5 * 10
4Pa, the arc-over electric current remains on 120A, under argon gas atmosphere, when two Graphite Electrodess produce arc-over near meeting, the anode graphite electrode is evaporated consumption, continuous discharge 12h can collect the carbon species of CNTs and other form, and can obtain Graphene in the reaction chamber wall zone near negative electrode.The tap density of Graphene is 0.06g/mL.
Step 2: with the graphene powder of preparation, dispersed with stirring is in water, concentration is 3mg/mL, then adopt the Microfluidizer M-110L high pressure microjet nano-dispersed instrument of U.S. MICROFLUIDICS to carry out dispersion treatment, pressure is 30000 pounds of/square inch PSI, process 3 times, then carry out granulating and drying, obtaining microscopic appearance is spherical graphene powder.The tap density of globular graphite alkene is 0.23g/mL.
Method characteristic of the present invention is:
One, utilizes simple process flow to prepare globular graphite alkene, use more extensive.Prepared Graphene all is to be formed by physical agglomeration by the Graphene below 10 layers, have the large characteristics of the little density of volume, be convenient to transportation, both can be used as carbosphere and be applied to support of the catalyst, the fields such as medicament transport, can be separated into the monomer Graphene with excellent physicochemical property by supersound process again, make its application more extensive.
Two, realized scale operation.Whole technical process can continuous production production, and treatment capacity also can be according to the big or small controllable adjustment of equipment.
Three, realized the production of the globular graphite alkene of orderly reunion.In the high temperature granulation process, utilize the fast vaporizing of solvent effectively to control the orderly reunion of Graphene.In the cryogenic freezing granulation process, quick freezing makes the drop that contains Graphene become solid powder within very short time, compare with direct lyophilize, by being small-particle with Solution Dispersion, greatly aggravated the possibility of orderly reunion, and the solvent rate of sublimation is fast, Graphene is reunited in order be just can be separated into the monomer Graphene by simple ultrasonic by loose Graphene ball.In granulation process, also greatly shorten time of drying, shortened the production time, uses manpower and material resources sparingly.