Supporting Information

Preparation of Three-Dimensional Graphene

Foams Using Powder Metallurgy Templates
Junwei Sha,,,# Caitian Gao,, Seoung-Ki Lee, Yilun Li, Naiqin Zhao,*,,#
and James M. Tour*,,,

Department of Chemistry, The NanoCarbon Center, Department of Materials Science and

NanoEngineering,
Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, Texas 77005, USA

School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Composite and
Functional Materials, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China

Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering, Tianjin 300072, China

School of Physical Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, Gansu,
China
*Email: nqzhao@tju.edu.cn, tour@rice.edu

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Figure S1. Raman spectra of 3D PMT-GFs using Ni and Cu as templates.

As shown in Figure S1, the ID/IG ratio of the PMT-GFs when using Cu is higher than the PMTGFs using Ni because Ni absorbs more amorphous carbon. Moreover, the 3D PMT-GFs that
used Cu had low structural stability (i.e. easily broken) because the graphene formed on the Cu
particles were just a few layers. Note, the procedure used in preparing the PMT-GFs of Figure S1
used poly(methyl methacrylate) as a carbon source and chloroform as the solvent.

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Figure S2. SEM images of PMT-GFs (a, b) before and (c, d) after loading with a 50 g weight for
30 s.

Figure S3. XPS data of PMT-GFs after further purifying by heat-treatment at 800 C for 2 h in
Ar.

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