Volume 142, Issue 2 e56357
RESEARCH ARTICLE

Synthesis of perylene-PEO hyperdispersants for aqueous graphene dispersion

Yuxuan Yong

Yuxuan Yong

School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yangzhou University, Jiangsu, China

Contribution: Data curation (equal), Writing - original draft (lead)

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Yafang Kang

Yafang Kang

School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yangzhou University, Jiangsu, China

Contribution: Data curation (equal)

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Aiping Zhu

Corresponding Author

Aiping Zhu

School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yangzhou University, Jiangsu, China

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Aiping Zhu, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yangzhou University, Jiangsu 225002, China.

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Contribution: Methodology (lead), Project administration (lead), Writing - review & editing (lead)

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First published: 10 October 2024

Abstract

Graphene, with excellent thermal conductivity, electrical and corrosion shielding performance has great application potential in the fields of heat dissipation coating, conductive agent and anticorrosion composite coatings. However, due to its large specific surface area, resulting strong aggregation behavior limits its application. Herein, the hyperdispersants with perylene anchoring groups are synthesized through the amidation coupling reaction between diacid anhydride and polyetheramine. The branching degree and length of hydrophilic chains on hyperdispersant are revealed to be the very important factors to affect the dispersion stability of aqueous graphene dispersion. The hyperdispersant with a single hydrophilic chain and the molecular weight 2000 of polyetheramine has the excellent dispersal activity discovered by Rheology, particle size distribution and Raman measurements. The possible mechanism is the strongest anchoring effect of perylene on graphene surface and thus achieving in best effective spatial exclusion stabilization effect of hydrophilic chains.

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