Large-scale exfoliation of inorganic layered compounds in aqueous surfactant solutions
journal contribution
posted on 2024-11-16, 06:18authored byRonan J Smith, Paul King, Mustafa Lotya, Christian Wirtz, Umar Khan, Sukanta De, Arlene O'Neill, Georg S Duesberg, Jaime C Grunlan, Gregory Moriaty, Jun ChenJun Chen, Jiazhao WangJiazhao Wang, Andrew Minett, Valeria Nicolosi, Jonathan Coleman
A method to exfoliate MoS 2 in large quantities in surfactant-water solutions is described. The layered material tends to be exfoliated as dispersions of thin, relatively defect-free flakes with lateral sizes of hundreds of nanometers. This method can be extended to a range of other layered compounds. The dispersed flakes can be mixed with nanotubes or graphene to greate functional hybrid materials. Copyright 2011 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH and Co. KGaA, Weinheim.
Funding
Development of inorganic-conducting polymer composites and ionic liquid-based electrolytes for rechargeable lithium batteries
Smith, R. J., King, P. J., Lotya, M., Wirtz, C., Khan, U., De, S., O'Neill, A., Duesberg, G. S., Grunlan, J. C., Moriaty, G., Chen, J., Wang, J., Minett, A. I., Nicolosi, V. and Coleman, J. N. (2011). Large-scale exfoliation of inorganic layered compounds in aqueous surfactant solutions. Advanced Materials, 23 (34), 3944-3948.