Graphene Synthesis by Ultrasound Energy Assisted Exfoliation of Graphite in Various Solvents

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Gebze Teknik Üniversitesi, Gebze, Turkey

Beilstein Arch. 2020, 2020114. https://doi.org/10.3762/bxiv.2020.114.v1

Published 08 Oct 2020

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Abstract

Liquid Phase Exfoliation (LPE) method has been gaining increasing interest by academic and industrial researchers due to its simplicity, low-cost, and scalability. High intensity ultrasound energy was exploited to transform graphite to graphene in the solvents of dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO), N,N-dimethyl formamide (DMF), and perchloric acid (PA) without any surfactants or ionic liquids. The crystal structure, number of layers, particle size, and morphology of the synthesized graphene samples were characterized by X-ray Diffraction (XRD), Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM), Ultraviolet visible (UV–vis) spectroscopy, Dynamic Light Scattering (DLS), and Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM). XRD and AFM analyses indicated that G-DMSO and G-DMF have few layers and G-PA has multilayers. The layer numbers of G-DMSO, G-DMF, and G-PA were determined as 9, 10, and 21, respectively. By DLS analysis, the particle sizes of graphene samples were estimated in a few micrometers. TEM analyses showed that G-DMSO and G-DMF possess sheet-like fewer layers and also, G-PA has wrinkled and unordered multilayers.

Keywords: ultrasound; liquid-phase exfoliation; graphene synthesis

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Gürünlü, B.; Taşdelen-Yücedağ, Ç.; Bayramoğlu, M. Beilstein Arch. 2020, 2020114. doi:10.3762/bxiv.2020.114.v1

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