Carbon 2014, 77, 592-599.

Gongqing Tang, Zhi-Guo Jiang, Xiaofeng Li*, Hao-Bin Zhang,Aravind Dasari, Zhong-Zhen Yu*.

Three dimensional (3D) graphene aerogel was prepared by in situ reduction-assembly method. Paraphenylene diamine (PPD) was used as reducing and functionalizing agent of graphene oxide in an aqueous medium with ammonia. The synthesized 3D graphene-PPD aerogel has highly porous structure, low density, high electrical conductivity and good mechanical properties. Further, epoxy/aerogel composites were prepared by vacuum-assisted impregnation process, which exhibited good electrical conductivity and compressive properties. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.