The effect of liquid crystalline graphene oxide compared with non-liquid crystalline graphene oxide on the rheological properties of polyacrylonitrile solution

Abstract

Abstract In this article, polyacrylonitrile (PAN) and two kinds of graphene oxide (GO) with different structural properties are blended in dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) according to a certain ratio to prepare stable-spinning solution. One kind of GO is purchased, and we call it GO1. The other is a kind of self-made GO with liquid crystal property in solution, which is called GO2. The effects of two kinds of GO on the rheological properties of PAN/GO spinning solution (15 wt%) were studied. The results show that the viscous activation energy of the liquid crystal GO2/PAN blend solution is significantly higher than that of the nonliquid crystal GO1/PAN blend solution. Moreover, the liquid crystal system is more obviously affected by temperature. The structural viscosity index of the liquid crystalline GO2/PAN solution is obviously lower than that of the GO1/PAN solution. It indicates that the existence of liquid crystallinity is beneficial to the spinning of the solution. In the low-frequency region, the addition of GO1 makes the solution more elastic, and the addition of GO2 makes the solution more viscous.