Ionic liquids as a dissolution system for preparing graphene/cellulose based materials

This ability of ionic liquids to both stabilize graphene dispersions and dissolve cellulose suggests their application as solvents to prepare cellulose/graphene composite, however, many challenges such as the slow dissolution rate of cellulose, inhomogeneous dissolution, and strong shrinkage of aerogel dehydration still restricts the development of this method. <br><br>Some ionic liquids have excellent dissolubility for cellulose is the key theoretical basis of this project.

In the meantime studied and tested the effect of doping of self-prepared graphene on the performance of synthesized composites. Cooperate with the innovative method of this project to control the morphology of synthetic composites, in an attempt to solve the irregular shrinkage of cellulose hydrogel materials in the process of water loss. This project explores the preparation of outstanding graphene/cellulose composites by dissolution, regeneration, and modification in order to construct monolithic composites with controlled and structure.