A comprehensive study of surface modified graphene based polymer nanocomposites for multifunctional electronic applications

Abstract

Graphene is a new emerging nanocarbon material, with exciting unique properties including superb thermal and electrical conductivity, strong mechanical and anti-corrosive property, extremely high surface area etc. It can be considered as new generation reinforcement material for polymer composites due to its cheap production cost comparison with carbon nanotube, ease of functionalization and dramatic improvements in properties at very low filler content, high specific surface area, good compatibility, low mass density, elegant flexibility. This review presents an overview of surface functionalised graphene/polymer nanocomposites discussing different strategies for functionalization of graphene, a series of effective processing routes for producing high quality polymer nanocomposites and recent developments in the electrical properties of functionalised grapheme polymer nanocomposites. Finally, this review provides an overview of potential applications of the graphene based polymer nanocomposites in various areas, such as sensors, electrodes, energy storage, EMI and ESD materials.