Enhanced Electric Conductivity of Cement Composites by Functionalizing Graphene Oxide

Jung-Geun Han; Jae-Hyeon Jeon; Young-Ho Kim; Jin Kim; Jong-Young Lee

doi:10.12814/jkgss.2023.22.1.001

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Enhanced Electric Conductivity of Cement Composites by Functionalizing Graphene Oxide 산화그래핀 기능화에 의한 시멘트 복합체의 전기전도 특성 개선

30 March 2023. pp. 1-7

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Abstract

This study has utilized self-assembled monolayers technology to improve electrical property of graphene-oxide, which has been seperated graphine powder through a chemical exfoliation. Aluminum sulfate (Al₂(SO₄)₃) was applied on graphene-oxide as a reactant, and the fundamental research was carried out to apply on the self-sensing of cement-based construction structures. Electric resistance measurement result has shown that cement-composites with GO and Al-GO can be used as a conductor, electric resistance of GO and Al-GO contained composites improved by 10.2% and 15.9% respectively when compared to the standard cement-composite. Microstructure analyzation shown the formation of Al(OH)₃ gel when Al-GO was added, which is speculated to result the smooth flow of current by improving the density of cement-composite. This implies that graphene-oxide has a possibility to be utilized as smart building materials and construction structure itself rather than just a structure.

Keywords

Graphene oxide

Aluminum sulfate

Self-assembled momolayers

Cement composite

Electric conductivity

본 연구에서는 화학적 박리를 통해 흑연분말로부터 분리한 산화그래핀의 전기적특성을 개선시키기 위해 자가조립단층막 기술을 활용하였다. 반응물질로는 황산알루미늄(Al₂(SO₄)₃)을 적용하였으며, 시멘트를 기반으로 한 건설구조물의 자가센싱에 적용하기 위한 기초연구를 수행하였다. 전기저항 측정결과 대조군인 표준공시체와 대비할 때 GO 및 Al-GO가 함유된 공시체에서 각각 10.2%, 15.9% 개선되어 도체로서의 활용 가능성을 확인하였다. 미세구조분석 결과 Al-GO의 첨가에 따라 Al(OH)₃ gel 형성을 확인하였으며, 이로 인해 공시체의 밀도를 향상시켜 전류의 흐름을 원활하게 개선시킨 것으로 판단된다. 이는, 단순 구조물이 아닌 구조물 자체로서 활용성을 지닐 수 있음을 시사하며, 스마트 건설자재로서의 가능성을 확인하였다.

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Publisher :Korean Geosythetics Society
Publisher(Ko) :한국지반신소재학회
Journal Title :Journal of the Korean Geosynthetics Society
Journal Title(Ko) :한국지반신소재학회 논문집
Volume : 22
No :1
Pages :1-7
Received Date : 2022-12-29
Revised Date : 2023-01-26
Accepted Date : 2023-01-30
DOI :https://doi.org/10.12814/jkgss.2023.22.1.001

Journal of the Korean Geosynthetics Society ISSN:2508-2876(Print) 2287-9528(Online) 한국지반신소재학회 논문집

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