Abstract
Polymers and their composites are extensively used for many applications, especially in oil and gas industries. Polymer properties will be improved using a few fillers such as silica, clay, and other materials to produce composite and hybrid materials.
In the recent years, nanotechnology created materials with excellent properties including high surface area, activity, and mobility where performance in various applications has improved using these nanomaterials.
In this regard, by adding the nano-fillers into polymer matrix, polymer nano-composites are produced, which demonstrated extraordinary properties, which leads to improvement of thermal and flame retardant, physical and mechanical, barrier, coating, electrical, smart, permeability, and absorptive properties. Furthermore, these materials are replaced with traditional components.
Among different nano-filler materials, graphene is a good candidate for preparing nano-composites. Graphene structural geometry composed of single layer of sp2 carbon atoms arrayed in a hexagonal lattice with C-C bond length about 0.142 nm shows wonderful properties.
Graphene nano-composites are widely applied in oil and gas applications as catalysts, adsorbents, coating, anticorrosion materials water/oil separator, organic pollutants eliminator, and oil spill cleaner from environment.
In this chapter, the methods for synthesis and characterization of graphene, graphene oxide, graphene-based polymer, and ceramic nano-composites are explained. Moreover, potential uses of graphene as nano-filler in polymer matrix are presented. Finally, improvement of composite properties due to the addition of graphene-based materials to the polymer matrices for oil and gas application is reviewed and discussed.
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Sadegh Hassani, S., Daraee, M., Rashidi, A.M. (2019). Application of Graphene-(Polymer and Ceramic) Nano-Composite in Oil and Gas Industry. In: Hussain, C., Thomas, S. (eds) Handbook of Polymer and Ceramic Nanotechnology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-10614-0_33-1
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