Electrically conductive, hydrophobic, UV protective and lightweight cotton spunlace nonwoven fabric coated with reduced graphene oxide

Gültekin, Bekir Cenkkut

doi:10.55730/1300-0527.3408

Electrically conductive, hydrophobic, UV protective and lightweight cotton spunlace nonwoven fabric coated with reduced graphene oxide

Bekir Cenkkut GÜLTEKİN (Marmara Üniversitesi, Teknoloji Fakültesi, Tekstil Mühendisliği Bölümü, İstanbul, Türkiye)

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

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Yıl: 2022 Cilt: 46 Sayı: 4 Sayfa Aralığı: 968 - 986 Metin Dili: İngilizce DOI: 10.55730/1300-0527.3408 İndeks Tarihi: 05-12-2022

Electrically conductive, hydrophobic, UV protective and lightweight cotton spunlace nonwoven fabric coated with reduced graphene oxide

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In this study, cotton spunlace nonwoven fabrics with four different basis weights were coated with graphene oxide (GO) by conventional dip coating method which is one of the most simple and effortless process in textile industry. The graphene oxide coated cotton nonwoven fabrics were immersed in an aqueous sodium dithionite solution in order to obtain reduced graphene oxide (RGO) coated cotton spunlace nonwoven fabrics. The obtained nonwoven fabrics became electrically conductive with very low surface electrical resistivity of $5.98 × 10^2$ W/sq for the 70 g/m2 basis weight nonwoven fabric. The color measurements and reflectance spectrophotometry were performed in order to identify the coating and reduction process of GO on cotton nonwoven fabrics. The hydrophobic characteristic of the GO and RGO coated cotton nonwoven fabrics were determined by the means of water contact angle. The ultraviolet (UV) blocking ability of the cotton nonwoven fabric both coated with GO and RGO were analyzed by the UV transmittance analyzer. The water contact angle results revealed that the hydrophilic cotton nonwoven fabric became hydrophobic due to the reduction of GO. It was also found that the ultraviolet protection factor (UPF) depends on the basis weight of the cotton nonwoven fabric and the reduction of GO.

Anahtar Kelime: Cotton nonwoven fabric graphene oxide coating reduction

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APA	Gültekin B (2022). Electrically conductive, hydrophobic, UV protective and lightweight cotton spunlace nonwoven fabric coated with reduced graphene oxide. Turkish Journal of Chemistry, 46(4), 968 - 986. 10.55730/1300-0527.3408
Chicago	Gültekin Bekir Cenkkut Electrically conductive, hydrophobic, UV protective and lightweight cotton spunlace nonwoven fabric coated with reduced graphene oxide. Turkish Journal of Chemistry 46, no.4 (2022): 968 - 986. 10.55730/1300-0527.3408
MLA	Gültekin Bekir Cenkkut Electrically conductive, hydrophobic, UV protective and lightweight cotton spunlace nonwoven fabric coated with reduced graphene oxide. Turkish Journal of Chemistry, vol.46, no.4, 2022, ss.968 - 986. 10.55730/1300-0527.3408
AMA	Gültekin B Electrically conductive, hydrophobic, UV protective and lightweight cotton spunlace nonwoven fabric coated with reduced graphene oxide. Turkish Journal of Chemistry. 2022; 46(4): 968 - 986. 10.55730/1300-0527.3408
Vancouver	Gültekin B Electrically conductive, hydrophobic, UV protective and lightweight cotton spunlace nonwoven fabric coated with reduced graphene oxide. Turkish Journal of Chemistry. 2022; 46(4): 968 - 986. 10.55730/1300-0527.3408
IEEE	Gültekin B "Electrically conductive, hydrophobic, UV protective and lightweight cotton spunlace nonwoven fabric coated with reduced graphene oxide." Turkish Journal of Chemistry, 46, ss.968 - 986, 2022. 10.55730/1300-0527.3408
ISNAD	Gültekin, Bekir Cenkkut. "Electrically conductive, hydrophobic, UV protective and lightweight cotton spunlace nonwoven fabric coated with reduced graphene oxide". Turkish Journal of Chemistry 46/4 (2022), 968-986. https://doi.org/10.55730/1300-0527.3408