Electrospun materials for energy harvesting, conversion, and storage: A review

Laudenslager, Michael J.; Scheffler, Raymond H.; Sigmund, Wolfgang M.

doi:10.1351/pac-con-09-11-49

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“…In future work, the fabricated scaffolds (pristine and modified ones) will be further investigated as host matrix material for bone tissue regeneration. Finally, apart from bone tissue regeneration, PEI electrospun fibers could be utilized for other potential applications such as drug delivery [34], reinforcing of composite materials [35], filtration [36], and batteries [37].…”

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Fabrication and Characterization of Polyetherimide Electrospun Scaffolds Modified with Graphene Nano-Platelets and Hydroxyapatite Nano-Particles

Kostopoulos

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Fouriki

et al. 2020

IJMS

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Solution electrospinning process (SEP) is a versatile technique for generating non-woven fibrous materials intended to a wide range of applications. One of them is the production of fibrous and porous scaffolds aiming to mimic bone tissue, as artificial extracellular matrices (ECM). In the present work, pure and nano-modified electrospun polyetherimide (PEI) scaffolds have been successfully fabricated. The nano-modified ones include (a) graphene nano-platelets (GNPs), (b) hydroxyapatite (HAP), and (c) mixture of both. After fabrication, the morphological characteristics of these scaffolds were revealed by using scanning electron (SEM) and transmission electron (TEM) microscopies, while porosity and mean fiber diameter were also calculated. In parallel, contact angle experiments were conducted so that the hydrophilicity level of these materials to be determined. Finally, the mechanical performance of the fabricated scaffolds was investigated by conducting uniaxial tensile tests. Ιn future work, the fabricated scaffolds will be further utilized for investigation as potential candidate materials for cell culture with perspective in orthopedic applications.

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Fabrication and Characterization of Polyetherimide Electrospun Scaffolds Modified with Graphene Nano-Platelets and Hydroxyapatite Nano-Particles

Kostopoulos

Κοτρώτσος

Fouriki

et al. 2020

IJMS

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“…It is reported that the proton conductivity can be enhanced for more than 10 folds by means of the single electrospun polyelectrolytic nanofiber, as compared with its bulk membrane [17,18]. Therefore, Nafion, non-fluorinated polyelectrolytes and even inorganic proton conductors have been electrospun into nanofiber mats, and then the interfiber voids are filled with antiswelling polymers (either polyelectrolytic or uncharged) to prepare PEMs [19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26].…”

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Electrospun nanofiber enhanced sulfonated poly (phthalazinone ether sulfone ketone) composite proton exchange membranes

Zhang

Gong

et al. 2015

Journal of Membrane Science

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“…Carbon nanofibers (CNFs) have enjoyed increasing use in a broad variety of nanotechnology applications, including materials and devices for the energy, environmental, biomedical, electronics, and structural sectors 1–7. Continuous carbon nanofibers are typically produced by carbonizing electrospun polymer‐based precursors 7, 8.…”

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Improved Graphitic Structure of Continuous Carbon Nanofibers via Graphene Oxide Templating

Papkov

Goponenko

Compton

et al. 2013

Adv Funct Materials

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Continuous carbon nanofibers (CNF) present an attractive building block for a variety of multifunctional materials and devices. However, the carbonization of poly(acrylonitrile) (PAN) precursors usually results in CNFs with poor graphitic structure and, consequently, modest/non‐optimized properties. This paper reports that the graphitic structure of CNFs can be improved with an addition of a small amount of graphene oxide into PAN prior to processing. Continuous CNFs with 1.4 wt% of graphene oxide nanoparticles are prepared from PAN solutions by electrospinning, stabilized, and carbonized at 800 °C, 1200 °C, and 1850 °C. While the as‐prepared graphene oxide‐filled PAN nanofibers exhibit a considerable reduction in polymer crystallinity, Raman analysis of the carbonized nanofibers shows that both templating with graphene oxide and increasing the carbonization temperature significantly improve the graphitic order in CNFs. The effect of graphene oxide is more significant at higher carbonization temperatures. Selected area electron diffraction analysis of individual nanofibers reveals increased graphitic order and preferred orientation both in the vicinity of visible graphene oxide nanoparticles and in the regions where nanoparticles were not visible. These results indicate a possibility of global templating in CNFs, where the addition of a small amount of graphene oxide nanoparticles can template the formation of good, preferentially oriented graphitic crystallites in CNFs, leading to improved structure and mechanical and transport properties.

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Electrospun materials for energy harvesting, conversion, and storage: A review

Cited by 60 publications

References 60 publications

Fabrication and Characterization of Polyetherimide Electrospun Scaffolds Modified with Graphene Nano-Platelets and Hydroxyapatite Nano-Particles

Fabrication and Characterization of Polyetherimide Electrospun Scaffolds Modified with Graphene Nano-Platelets and Hydroxyapatite Nano-Particles

Electrospun nanofiber enhanced sulfonated poly (phthalazinone ether sulfone ketone) composite proton exchange membranes

Improved Graphitic Structure of Continuous Carbon Nanofibers via Graphene Oxide Templating

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