Graphene oxide as dyestuffs for the creation of electrically conductive fabrics

✍ Scribed by Bunshi Fugetsu; Eiichi Sano; Hongwen Yu; Kenichiro Mori; Tomo Tanaka

• Book ID: 104009187
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2010
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 971 KB
• Volume: 48
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0008-6223
• DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2010.05.016

✦ Synopsis

Graphene oxide (GO) was immobilized on the surfaces of acrylic yarns through a conventional dyeing approach. The GO dyed yarns and/or the fabric were immersed in an aqueous sodium hydrosulfite solution at around 363 K for 30 min, which converted the GO into graphene. The graphene created a graphitic-coloured and electrically conductive thin layer over each yarn in the fabric. Data on the electrical conductance of the yarns versus temperature (30-300 K) fit well with the so-called fluctuation-induced tunneling model, which suggests that the graphene layer belongs to a continuously interconnected network. Values of the electrical resistivity ranged from 10 2 to 10 10 Ohm/cm, as verified by the content of graphene in the conductive layer.