Oxidation Modification of Fuorinated Graphite and Its Reaction Mechanism
Abstract In this paper, Hummers method was used to oxidize fluorinated graphite in order to study the modification mechanism. The chemical composition and microstructure of the products before and after the reaction were characterized and analyzed. Oxidized fluorinated graphite (OFG) obtained by oxidation has a thin layered structure and different oxygen content. The main mechanism of KMnO4 modification is that MnO3+ with Lewis acid property can catalyze the activation of the fluorocarbon bond, which breaks to form F ion. At the same time, the unsaturated carbon bond is oxidized, resulting in the increase of carbon oxygen bond content and the generation of some OFG nano fragments. With the increase in KMnO4 dosage, the fluorocarbon bond will be gradually catalyzed to react according to its activity while the unsaturated carbon bond is oxidized, finally there are still some isolated fluorocarbon bonds with weak activity.