Provided is a process for producing a solid graphene foam-based sealing material. The process comprises: (a) preparing a graphene dispersion having a graphene material dispersed in a liquid medium, which contains an optional blowing agent; (b) dispensing and depositing the graphene dispersion into desired shapes and partially or completely removing the liquid medium from these shapes to form dried graphene shapes; (c) heat treating the dried graphene shapes at a first heat treatment temperature from 50° C. to 3,200° C. at a desired heating rate sufficient to induce volatile gas molecules from the non-carbon elements or to activate the blowing agent for producing the graphene foam; and (d) coating or impregnating the graphene foam with a permeation-resistant binder or matrix material to form the sealing material.

The present invention relates to a high heat-resistant graphene oxide, a method of manufacturing conductive graphene fiber from the same, and conductive graphene fiber manufactured by the method. The technical gist of the present invention is to provide high heat-resistant graphene oxide not having an oxygen-containing functional group such as a lactol group or a carboxyl group on the surface but having an oxygen-containing functional group such as an epoxy group or a hydroxyl group on the surface, thereby exhibiting thermal resistance and stability. In addition, the technical gist is also to provide a method of manufacturing conductive graphene fiber from the high heat-resistant graphene oxide and conductive graphene fiber manufactured by the method.

A method of electrochemical exfoliation, may include: electrochemically exfoliating a parent material comprising coke, wherein the electrochemically exfoliating comprises introducing the parent material into a porous chamber, applying pressure to the porous chamber to thereby compress the parent material in the porous chamber, and applying a potential bias to the parent material while at least a portion of the parent material is in contact with an electrolyte solution to produce a mixture of exfoliated material and unexfoliated parent material, wherein the exfoliated material comprises exfoliated graphene; and separating at least a portion of the exfoliated material from the unexfoliated parent material.

The present invention is related to a production method of a photoluminescence material by micro-plasma treatment for degrading plastic piece into multiple smaller molecular, a graphene quantum dot and the composite thereof. By using micro-plasma treatment, the production method provided by the present invention consumes very little energy and the processing steps is simple and efficiency without the existence of any organic solvent. The products obtained by the said treatment is high valued graphene quantum dot and graphene quantum dot composite with excellent photoluminescence ability for at least white, blue, green, cyan or yellow colors.

A method for preparing artificial graphite includes (A) preparing heavy oil, and forming coke from the heavy oil through continuous coking reaction such that the coke has a plurality of mesophase domains, wherein a size of the mesophase domains ranges between 1 and 30 μm by polarizing microscope analysis; and (B) processing the coke formed by step (A) sequentially by pre-burning carbonization treatment, grinding classification, high-temperature carbonization treatment and graphitization treatment to form polycrystalline artificial graphite from the coke. The method for preparing artificial graphite of the present invention and the polycrystalline artificial graphite prepared thereby are applicable to batteries.

Systems, methods, and devices of the various embodiments provide for the creation of holey graphene meshes (HGMs) and composite articles including HGMs. Various embodiments provide solvent-free methods for creating arrays of holes on holey graphene-based articles formed from dry compression (such as films, discs, pellets), thereby resulting in a HGM. In further embodiments, a HGM can used as part of a composite, such as by: 1) embedding a HGM into another matrix material such as carbon, polymer, metals, metal oxides, etc; and/or (2) the HGM serving as a matrix by filling the holes of the HGM or functionalizing the HGM body with another one or more materials. In various embodiments, HGM can also be made as a composite itself by creating holes on dry-compressed articles pre-embedded with one or more other materials.

A method of forming a functionalized device substrate is provided that includes the steps of: forming a conductive layer on a growth substrate; applying a polymeric layer to a device substrate, wherein a coupling agent couples the polymeric layer to the device substrate; coupling the polymeric layer to the conductive layer on the growth substrate; and peeling the growth substrate from the conductive layer.

An array of graphene sheets configured to generate electricity from a flow of an ion-containing fluid, wherein the array comprises a plurality of graphene sheets, each graphene sheet comprising first and second electrical contacts, having a surface extending between the first and second electrical contacts for contacting the flow of ion-containing fluid, and wherein each graphene sheet is in electrical contact with at least a further graphene sheet.

The present disclosure provides a negative electrode plate and a battery, the negative electrode plate comprises a negative current collector and a negative film, the negative film is provided on at least one surface of the negative current collector and comprises a negative active material, the negative active material comprises graphite, and the negative electrode plate satisfies a relationship: 0.27≤P×1.1/G+2/V.sub.OI≤1.3, P represents a porosity of the negative film, G represents a graphitization degree of the negative active material, V.sub.OI represents an OI value of the negative film. The battery of the present disclosure can have the characteristics of long cycle life, high energy density and excellent dynamics performance at the same time.

Processes and materials are provided for use in Si-based anodes that can improve or extend the cycle life of a battery while also lowering production costs. A composite material design is provided as a porous silicon-graphene-carbon (SiGC) composite particle that is a composed of submicron silicon wrapped with graphene, particulate, flexible conductive additives, and an outer conductive shell or coating made for the purpose of acting as anode material in an electrochemical cell (battery). The tailored composite particle addresses common failure modes to improve cycling performance of silicon by combining multiple mitigation strategies; incorporating intimate graphene coatings to accommodate expansion and protect from solid-electrolyte interphase (SEI) formation; porosity to accommodate expansion; flexible conductive additives to maintain contact during expansion/retraction of the silicon particles and protect the surface from SEI formation; an outer protective shell to hold the composite material together during expansion/retraction; and submicron silicon to prevent pulverization during expansion/retraction.