Issue 15, 2015

Carbon–metal nanosheets from the water–hexane interface

Abstract

This report describes a new approach to prepare atom thick metal–sulfide–graphene nanosheets produced by the subsequent annealing of crosslinked carbon–metal film formed at the water–hexane interface. A bipyridine dithiol (BPD) layer self-assembled in the water–hexane hydrophilic/hydrophobic biphasic medium was used to encapsulate metal ions (M2+) (M = Co or Ni). Subsequently, the BPD–M2+ film was crosslinked using UV-light. Then the resultant carbon–metal nanosheets were annealed at high temperature under N2, transforming these molecular sheets into a homogeneous nano-crystalline metal–sulfide–graphene hybrids (MSGH). This approach can produce semi-transparent conducting films having marked conductivity dependence on the number of nanosheets in a stack. The suggested strategy opens up broad prospects toward the MSGH architecture using a simple process with new properties for new applications such as energy conversion/storage and electronics.

Graphical abstract: Carbon–metal nanosheets from the water–hexane interface

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
22 Jan 2015
Accepted
23 Feb 2015
First published
25 Feb 2015

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2015,3, 3636-3644

Author version available

Carbon–metal nanosheets from the water–hexane interface

H. Hamoudi, J. Mater. Chem. C, 2015, 3, 3636 DOI: 10.1039/C5TC00228A

To request permission to reproduce material from this article, please go to the Copyright Clearance Center request page.

If you are an author contributing to an RSC publication, you do not need to request permission provided correct acknowledgement is given.

If you are the author of this article, you do not need to request permission to reproduce figures and diagrams provided correct acknowledgement is given. If you want to reproduce the whole article in a third-party publication (excluding your thesis/dissertation for which permission is not required) please go to the Copyright Clearance Center request page.

Read more about how to correctly acknowledge RSC content.

Social activity

Spotlight

Advertisements