title: Multifunctional non-woven fabrics of interfused graphene fibres.
abstract: Carbon-based fibres hold promise for preparing multifunctional fabrics with electrical conductivity, thermal conductivity, permeability, flexibility and lightweight. However, these fabrics are of limited performance mainly because of the weak interaction between fibres. Here we report non-woven graphene fibre fabrics composed of randomly oriented and interfused graphene fibres with strong interfibre bonding. The all-graphene fabrics obtained through a wet-fusing assembly approach are porous and lightweight, showing high in-plane electrical conductivity up to ∼2.8 × 104S m-1and prominent thermal conductivity of ∼301.5 W m-1K-1. Given the low density (0.22 g cm-3), their specific electrical and thermal conductivities set new records for carbon-based papers/fabrics and even surpass those of individual graphene fibres. The as-prepared fabrics are further used as ultrafast responding electrothermal heaters and durable oil-adsorbing felts, demonstrating their great potential as high-performance and multifunctional fabrics in real-world applications.
authors.affiliation: MOE Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Synthesis and Functionalization, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Key Laboratory of Adsorption and Separation Materials &Technologies of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang University, 38 Zheda Road, Hangzhou 310027, China.
authors.forename: Zheng
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: MOE Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Synthesis and Functionalization, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Key Laboratory of Adsorption and Separation Materials &Technologies of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang University, 38 Zheda Road, Hangzhou 310027, China.
authors.forename: Zhen
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.affiliation: MOE Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Synthesis and Functionalization, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Key Laboratory of Adsorption and Separation Materials &Technologies of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang University, 38 Zheda Road, Hangzhou 310027, China.
authors.forename: Yingjun
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: MOE Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Synthesis and Functionalization, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Key Laboratory of Adsorption and Separation Materials &Technologies of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang University, 38 Zheda Road, Hangzhou 310027, China.
authors.forename: Ran
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: MOE Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Synthesis and Functionalization, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Key Laboratory of Adsorption and Separation Materials &Technologies of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang University, 38 Zheda Road, Hangzhou 310027, China.
authors.forename: Chao
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gao