Nature Communications (May 2020)

Continuous crystalline graphene papers with gigapascal strength by intercalation modulated plasticization

  • Peng Li,
  • Mincheng Yang,
  • Yingjun Liu,
  • Huasong Qin,
  • Jingran Liu,
  • Zhen Xu,
  • Yilun Liu,
  • Fanxu Meng,
  • Jiahao Lin,
  • Fang Wang,
  • Chao Gao

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16494-0
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Strong but flexible graphene tends to wrinkle, which compromises some properties. Here the authors report a solid plasticization method to prepare continuous graphene papers with high crystalline order, achieving high strength, stiffness, electrical and thermal conductivities.