Facile preparation of hydrogenated nitrile butadiene rubber/reduced graphene oxide nanocomposite with one-pot reduction approach via the latex way

Abstract

The carbon-carbon double bonds (C=C) and graphene oxide (GO) in nitrile butadiene rubber (NBR) latex were reduced simultaneously by a novel one-pot to prepare the hydrogenated nitrile butadiene rubber/reduced graphene oxide (HNBR/RGO) nanocomposite in this study, using a hydrazine hydrate/hydrogen peroxide/copper sulfate catalyst. It is a water-based environmentally friendly and time-saving method where no organic solvent has served in the reduction process and hydrazine hydrate is completely consumed and will not harm the environment after the reduction process. HNBR/RGO can improve the electrical and thermal conductivity of HNBR, and the thermal conductivity of HNBR/RGO present better stability at high temperature (160 degrees C). RGO sheets are beneficial to shorten the curing time and increase cured rate index. And introducing RGO sheets may improve the thermal-oxidative aging resistance. The relationship between aging lifetime and temperature in HNBR/RGO can be estimated, and provide an opportunity for the practical application of HNBR.