Issue 29, 2015

Covalent modification of exfoliated fluorographite with nitrogen functionalities

Abstract

Fluorographene, as a completely fluorinated counterpart of graphene, holds great promise for applications in high performance materials such as batteries, dielectrics or biosensors. However, its chemical inertness and low solubility hinders its use in practical devices. Here, water-soluble exfoliated fluorographite is obtained by covalent modification with amino groups. The simplicity of our method may be easily extended to study the effect that chemical modification has on the properties of single layer fluorographene, which have not yet been studied. Moreover, we have further employed the new nitrogen functionalities to selectively bind gold nanoparticles, which may enable novel or enhanced sensing, catalytic or electrochemical applications.

Graphical abstract: Covalent modification of exfoliated fluorographite with nitrogen functionalities

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
04 Jun 2015
Accepted
30 Jun 2015
First published
30 Jun 2015

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2015,3, 7627-7631

Author version available

Covalent modification of exfoliated fluorographite with nitrogen functionalities

C. Bosch-Navarro, M. Walker, N. R. Wilson and J. P. Rourke, J. Mater. Chem. C, 2015, 3, 7627 DOI: 10.1039/C5TC01633A

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