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US 12,195,340 · App. 15/554,974 · Granted Jan 14, 2025

Uniform dispersing of graphene nanoparticles in a host

Inventors: Lei Zhai (Oviedo, FL); Matthew McInnis (Orlando, FL)
Assignee: University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
C01B32/198B22F1/12B22F3/02B22F3/14B22F3/20B22F3/225B22F9/04B28B1/24B28B3/20B29B9/02B29B11/12B29C43/003B29C45/0001B29C48/022C01B32/194C01B32/21C04B28/04C04B35/117C04B35/14C04B35/488C04B35/6261C08J3/203C08K3/04C08K3/042C09C1/44C09K5/14C22C26/00H01B1/04B22F2302/40B22F2998/10B29K2507/04B82Y30/00B82Y40/00C01B2204/22C01B2204/24C04B2111/00129C04B2111/00465C04B2111/94C04B2235/425C04B2235/6021C04B2235/604Y10S977/734Y10S977/90
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Patent No.
US 12,195,340
App. No.
15/554,974
Granted
Jan 14, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention includes a simple, scalable and solventless method of dispersing graphene into polymers, thereby providing a method of large-scale production of graphene-polymer composites. The composite powder can then be processed using the existing techniques such as extrusion, injection molding, and hot-pressing to produce a composites of useful shapes and sizes while keeping the advantages imparted by graphene. Composites produced require less graphene filler and are more efficient than currently used methods and is not sensitive to the host used, such composites can have broad applications depending on the host's properties.

Claims (28)

1. A method of making a composite of graphene oxide powder or graphite oxide powder and a host powder by a solventless process consisting of:

dispersing the graphene oxide powder or graphite oxide powder into the host powder, wherein the graphene oxide powder comprises graphene oxide flakes or the graphite oxide powder comprises graphite oxide flakes, and wherein the host powder consists of polyurethane;

cold compressing a mixture formed by dispersing the graphene oxide powder or graphite oxide powder into the host powder to form a first biscuit, wherein the step of cold compressing the mixture uses a pressure of 1 kPa, and wherein the graphene oxide powder or graphite oxide powder is exfoliated by the cold compressing to reduce a thickness of each graphene oxide flake or a thickness of each graphite oxide flake to less than 10 nm during the step of cold compressing the mixture without changing the surface area of each graphene oxide flake or graphite oxide flake;

crushing, powderizing, or grinding the first biscuit into a first powderized biscuit;

cold compressing the first powderized biscuit into a second biscuit, wherein the step of cold compressing the first powderized biscuit uses a pressure of 10 kPa;

crushing, powderizing or grinding the second biscuit into a second powderized biscuit;

combining the second powderized biscuit with an additional extrudable material;

compression molding with heating or injection molding the second powderized biscuit with the additional extrudable material to form the composite; and

shaping the composite into a specific shape.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the step of dispersing the graphene oxide powder or graphite oxide powder into the host powder to form the composite powder is performed in the presence of ball bearings to break up clumps or agglomerations.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the host powder consists of polyurethane and the composite is of about 1 to 5 weight % graphite oxide or graphene oxide.

4. A method of making a graphene oxide or graphite oxide composite from a cold compression molded powder consisting of:

dispersing a graphene oxide powder or a graphite oxide powder into a host powder to form a composite powder, wherein the graphene oxide powder comprises graphene oxide flakes or the graphite oxide powder comprises graphite oxide flakes, and wherein the host powder consists of polyurethane;

cold compressing the composite powder formed by dispersing the graphene oxide powder or graphite oxide powder into the host powder to form a first biscuit at a pressure of 1 kPa, wherein the graphene oxide powder or graphite oxide powder is exfoliated by the cold compressing to reduce a thickness of each graphene oxide flake or a thickness of each graphite oxide flake to less than 10 nm during the step of cold compressing the composite powder without changing the surface area of each graphene oxide flake or graphite oxide flake;

crushing, powderizing, or grinding the first biscuit into a first powderized biscuit;

cold compressing the first powderized biscuit into a second biscuit at a pressure of 10 kPa;

crushing, powderizing or grinding the second biscuit into a second powderized biscuit; and

compression molding with heating or injection molding the second powderized biscuit with an additional extrudable material to form the composite; and

shaping the composite into a specific shape.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the step of dispersing the graphene oxide powder or graphite oxide powder into the host powder to form the composite powder is performed in the presence of ball bearings to break up clumps or agglomerations.

6. A method of making a composite powder of a graphene oxide powder or graphite oxide powder in a host powder by a solventless process consisting of:

dispersing the graphene oxide powder or graphite oxide powder, wherein the graphene oxide powder comprises graphene oxide flakes or the graphite oxide powder comprises graphite oxide flakes, and wherein the host powder consists of polyurethane, into the host powder to form a composite powder;

a first cold compression molding of the composite powder formed by the dispersing of the graphene oxide powder or graphite oxide powder into the host powder to form a first biscuit, wherein the first cold compression uses a pressure of 1 kPa, and wherein the graphene oxide powder or graphite oxide powder is exfoliated by the cold compressing to reduce a thickness of each graphene oxide flake or a thickness of each graphite oxide flake to less than 10 nm during the first cold compression molding without changing the surface area of each graphene oxide flake or graphite oxide flake;

crushing, powderizing, or grinding the first biscuit into a first powderized biscuit;

a second cold compression molding of the first powderized biscuit into a second biscuit, wherein the second cold compression is at a pressure of 10 kPa;

crushing, powderizing or grinding the second biscuit into a second powderized biscuit;

combining the second powderized biscuit with an extrudable material to form the composite powder;

wherein the method improves the dispersion and exfoliation of the graphene oxide powder or graphite oxide powder in the composite powder.

Assignments (3)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Oct 12, 2021
From: ASBURY CARBONS, INC.
To: GARMOR, INC.
Reel/Frame 057763/0871 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Mar 29, 2021
From: GARMOR, INC.
To: ASBURY CARBONS, INC.
Reel/Frame 055757/0308 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 31, 2017
From: ZHAI, LEI; MCINNIS, MATTHEW
To: UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.
Reel/Frame 043466/0566 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62132699 · Mar 13, 2015
Related Publication 20180030277A1 · Feb 1, 2018
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