Preparation and Properties of Tea Polyphenol Modified Graphene Oxide/Epoxy Resin Composites

Abstract:

Microcrystalline graphite (MG) was used as raw material and oxidated by Hummers method. And further the graphene oxide (GO) was obtained by ultrasonic stripping. The TP modified graphene (TPG) was prepared by the surface grafting of pure natural green tea extract tea polyphenols (TP) on the surface of GO. Finally, the TPG/epoxy resin composite was prepared by solution blending and heat-curing moulding method.The characterization of structure and properties of TPG was analyzed by X ray diffraction pattern (XRD), infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), thermo gravimetric analysis (TGA) and X ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). A universal material testing machine was used to test the mechanical properties of epoxy resin composites with different addition of TPG. Field emission scanning electron microscopy (SEM) was used to observe the tensile-sectional morphology of the composites. The thermal stability of the composites was investigated by thermogravimetry and thermal dilatometer. The experimental results showed that the TP molecule was successfully grafted on the oxygen-containing functional groups of the GO surface through the phenolic hydroxyl group.When the addition of TPG was 1.0 wt%, the decomposition temperature of the epoxy resin was increased by 22.2 °C,and the surface resistivity decreased from 1.35×10¹⁴ Ω·m to 1.7×10⁹ Ω·m. When the added amount of TPG was 0.5 wt%, the tensile strength of composites was increased by 13.5% reaching 59.85 MPa.

• Periodical: Key Engineering Materials (Volume 814)
• Pages: 3-11
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.814.3
• Online since: July 2019
• Authors: Xiang Yu Ren*, Hui Chen, Jing Wu, Hong Bo Liu
• Keywords: Epoxy Resin Composite, Graphene Oxide, Mechanical Properties, Surface Resistivity, Tea Polyphenol Modification

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