Functionalized Graphene Materials And Their Applications

This book proposes the systematic classification and exact definition of all the products from graphene functionalization, which are illustrated by several representative examples. Additionally, the corresponding preparation strategies of functionalizing graphene are summarized and are demonstrated by some typical approaches. All the products from graphene functionalization are defined as functionalized graphene materials, which fall into two categories: functionalized graphene and functionalized graphene composite. Functionalized graphene is the product of modifying graphene by tuning its composition, framework, dimension, and morphology, and functionalized graphene composites are hybrids of graphene (or functionalized graphene) with other materials, including small molecules, polymers, metals, inorganic compounds, and carbon nanotubes (CNTs). Functionalized graphene materials are prepared through two strategies: "top-down" and "bottom-up, " each of which has its advantages and shortcomings and includes many corresponding preparation methods. The selection of preparation strategies depends on the application requirements, as different applications require different types of graphene. Both strategies are elucidated with detailed examples through an extensive analysis of the literature. Finally, the major challenges and perspectives of functionalized graphene materials are discussed.

Prof. Linjie Zhi, a professor and doctoral supervisor at China University of Petroleum (East China), is a recipient of the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars (in 2014), a selected scientist of the "Hundred Talents Program" of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and has been continuously selected as "Highly Cited Researchers" by Clarivate Analytics for eight consecutive years. He is the team leader of the Sino-German partnership (funded by the Max Planck Society). He serves as a member of the Chinese Society of Particuology, the Chinese Society for Composite Materials, the Energy Society, and the China Innovation Alliance of the Graphene Industry (CGIA). He also serves as an editorial board member of several academic journals, including Adv. Mater. Tech., New Carbon Mater., etc. He has successively undertaken more than 20 projects, including international cooperation projects of the Ministry of Science and Technology, the "863" Program, and the major projects of the National Nanotechnology Program, as well as projects of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, such as the International Exchange and Cooperation Program, the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars, and the Key Program of the Joint Fund. He has published over 260 research papers in international journals, such as Nat. Commun., Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., J. Am. Chem. Soc., Adv. Mater., and Adv. Funct. Mater., which have been cited more than 38,000 times, with an H-factor of 86. He has filed more than 40 national invention patents, and three of these patent packages have achieved technology transfer and implementation.

Dr Yingjie Ma is an associate researcher at the National Center for Nanoscience and Technology. He has engaged in research on the application of organic functional materials and carbon materials in the field of energy storage and energy conversion. He is a young editorial board member of the Acta Physico-Chimica Sinica. He has presided over three projects, including the general program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the general program of the Beijing Natural Science Foundation, and the project of the Zhejiang Provincial Fund. He has published over 30 academic papers, cited over 2,000 times, with an H-factor of 22. He has also authorized 7 Chinese invention patents.

Prof. Debin Kong, a professor and doctoral supervisor at China University of Petroleum (East China), is a Taishan Scholar Young Expert and "Guanghua Scholar". He is a member of the Energy Storage Technology Branch of China Internal Combustion Engine Society, a technical expert of the "National New Materials Testing and Evaluation Platform Inorganic Non-metallic Materials Industry Center" of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, and a guest editor of Molecules. He has presided over more than 10 national, provincial and ministerial projects, such as the Intergovernmental Key Special Project of the National Key Research and Development Program, the National Natural Science Foundation of China (surface and youth), and the Special Project for High-Quality Development of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the People's Republic of China. He has been authorized 6 patents (one Japanese patent), and has co-authored 4 academic monographs, including Functionalized Graphene Materials and Applications and Graphene Electrochemical Energy Storage Technology. He has published over 60 academic papers in international journals such as Nat.Commun., Energ. Environ. Sci., Adv. Mater., and other international journals, which have been cited more than 5,000 times, and 6 papers have been selected as ESI highly cited papers. His research results have been honored with "Carbon Journal Prize" by Carbon, an authoritative journal in the field of carbon materials.

Dr Sijia HAO is a senior engineer in the Research Center of Graphene Applications at AECC Beijing Institute of Aeronautical Materials since 2015, and he leads a research group at Beijing Institute of Graphene Technology Ltd. since 2020. Prior to joining BIAM, he received his PhD degree from the Tokyo Institute of Technology under supervision of Toshiaki Enoki in 2012 and the post-doctoral research was done at Tsinghua University. He has actively worked on research and development of graphene nanocomposites for a variety of applications. He has co-authored and translated several books on graphene and other carbon nanomaterials.