Preparation and Application of Water Dispersible Graphene as Antistatic Agent for SMS Nonwovens

In this paper, glucose was used as a green reducing agent and a capping reagent in the synthesis of water dispersible graphene, while using exfoliated graphite oxide （GO） as the precursor with the modified Hummers method. Characterizations of the graphene were conducted by UV-visihle absorption spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction （XRD）. Then the spunlaid-melthlowing-spuulaid （SMS） nonwovens were treated with the graphene solution via pad-dry-cure process. The surface and the antistatic property of the obtained nonwovens were tested. The results showed that O. 1 mg/mL graphene solution exhibited good stability in water. When treated with this solution, the graphene could be evenly dispersed on SMS nonwovens and the nonwovens had an excellent antistatic performance and a high relatively antistatic durability.