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Review Article | Open Access

Graphene superlubricity: A review

Xiangyu GE1, Zhiyuan CHAI1, Qiuyu SHI2, Yanfei LIU1( ), Wenzhong WANG1
School of Mechanical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
State Grid Smart Grid Research Institute Co., Ltd., Beijing 102209, China
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Abstract

Superlubricity has drawn substantial attention worldwide while the energy crisis is challenging human beings. Hence, numerous endeavors are bestowed to design materials for superlubricity achievement at multiple scales. Developments in graphene-family materials, such as graphene, graphene oxide, and graphene quantum dots, initiated an epoch for atomically thin solid lubricants. Nevertheless, superlubricity achieved with graphene-family materials still needs fundamental understanding for being applied in engineering in the future. In this review, the fundamental mechanisms for superlubricity that are achieved with graphene-family materials are outlined in detail, and the problems concerning graphene superlubricity and future progress in superlubricity are proposed. This review concludes the fundamental mechanisms for graphene superlubricity and offers guidance for utilizing graphene-family materials in superlubricity systems.

Keywords

superlubricitygraphenegraphene-family materialstwo-dimensional (2D) materialsfriction

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Friction
Volume 11 Issue 11,
November 2023
Pages 1953-1973
DOI: 10.1007/s40544-022-0681-y
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GE X, CHAI Z, SHI Q, et al. Graphene superlubricity: A review. Friction, 2023, 11(11): 1953-1973. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40544-022-0681-y

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Received: 26 May 2022
Revised: 07 July 2022
Accepted: 03 August 2022
Published: 16 January 2023
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