Impact energy absorption behavior of graphene aerogels prepared by different drying methods

The experimental investigation of the dynamic mechanical behavior of graphene aerogel is still lacking due to its low impendence. The present work, therefore, reports on the preliminary experimental characterization of the energy absorption characteristics of graphene aerogel by using the split Hopk...

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Main Authors: Jing Xie, Lulu Niu, Yang Qiao, Pengwan Chen, Daniel Rittel
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Published: Elsevier 2022-09-01
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264127522005342
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author Jing Xie
Lulu Niu
Yang Qiao
Pengwan Chen
Daniel Rittel
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Lulu Niu
Yang Qiao
Pengwan Chen
Daniel Rittel
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description The experimental investigation of the dynamic mechanical behavior of graphene aerogel is still lacking due to its low impendence. The present work, therefore, reports on the preliminary experimental characterization of the energy absorption characteristics of graphene aerogel by using the split Hopkinson pressure bar emphasis on the influence of the drying method. The graphene aerogels were synthesized by the sol-gel method and dried, either by supercritical CO2 drying (SD) or by freeze-drying methods (FD). It was observed that under dynamic uniaxial compression, the SD samples exhibited a negative Poisson's ratio throughout gradual compression. However, FD samples failed by radial shattering without this auxetic behavior. The energy dissipation ratios of SD samples increased from 41% to 73% as expected with the specimen thickness increasing from 3 mm to 12 mm, being overall higher in comparison with FD samples which rises from 35% to 43%. SD graphene aerogels have a large number of random pores (∼50 nm), which is beneficial for absorbing the kinetic energy through plastic deformation and pore walls’ collapse. By contrast, the FD graphene aerogels’ pore walls buckle readily under the impact, and fail due to their ordered porous structure at the micron scale (∼1μm), which impairs their energy absorption capability.
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spelling doaj.art-bf3b851e715d48f980b89330ff8939da2022-12-22T02:16:10ZengElsevierMaterials & Design0264-12752022-09-01221110912Impact energy absorption behavior of graphene aerogels prepared by different drying methodsJing Xie0Lulu Niu1Yang Qiao2Pengwan Chen3Daniel Rittel4State Key Laboratory of Explosion Science and Technology, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China; Advanced Technology Research Institute, Beijing Institute of Technology, Jinan 250307, China; Explosion Protection and Emergency Disposal Technology Engineering Research Center of the Ministry of Education, Beijing 100081, China; Corresponding authors at: State Key Laboratory of Explosion Science and Technology, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China.CNNC No.7 Research & Design Institute Co., Ltd., Taiyuan 030012, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Explosion Science and Technology, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Explosion Science and Technology, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China; Advanced Technology Research Institute, Beijing Institute of Technology, Jinan 250307, China; Explosion Protection and Emergency Disposal Technology Engineering Research Center of the Ministry of Education, Beijing 100081, China; Corresponding authors at: State Key Laboratory of Explosion Science and Technology, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China.Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 32000, IsraelThe experimental investigation of the dynamic mechanical behavior of graphene aerogel is still lacking due to its low impendence. The present work, therefore, reports on the preliminary experimental characterization of the energy absorption characteristics of graphene aerogel by using the split Hopkinson pressure bar emphasis on the influence of the drying method. The graphene aerogels were synthesized by the sol-gel method and dried, either by supercritical CO2 drying (SD) or by freeze-drying methods (FD). It was observed that under dynamic uniaxial compression, the SD samples exhibited a negative Poisson's ratio throughout gradual compression. However, FD samples failed by radial shattering without this auxetic behavior. The energy dissipation ratios of SD samples increased from 41% to 73% as expected with the specimen thickness increasing from 3 mm to 12 mm, being overall higher in comparison with FD samples which rises from 35% to 43%. SD graphene aerogels have a large number of random pores (∼50 nm), which is beneficial for absorbing the kinetic energy through plastic deformation and pore walls’ collapse. By contrast, the FD graphene aerogels’ pore walls buckle readily under the impact, and fail due to their ordered porous structure at the micron scale (∼1μm), which impairs their energy absorption capability.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264127522005342Graphene aerogelDynamic compressionEnergy absorptionPorous structure
spellingShingle Jing Xie
Lulu Niu
Yang Qiao
Pengwan Chen
Daniel Rittel
Impact energy absorption behavior of graphene aerogels prepared by different drying methods
Materials & Design
Graphene aerogel
Dynamic compression
Energy absorption
Porous structure
title Impact energy absorption behavior of graphene aerogels prepared by different drying methods
title_full Impact energy absorption behavior of graphene aerogels prepared by different drying methods
title_fullStr Impact energy absorption behavior of graphene aerogels prepared by different drying methods
title_full_unstemmed Impact energy absorption behavior of graphene aerogels prepared by different drying methods
title_short Impact energy absorption behavior of graphene aerogels prepared by different drying methods
title_sort impact energy absorption behavior of graphene aerogels prepared by different drying methods
topic Graphene aerogel
Dynamic compression
Energy absorption
Porous structure
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264127522005342
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