Effects of green solvents and surfactants on the characteristics of few-layer graphene produced by dual-frequency ultrasonic liquid phase exfoliation technique

Nowadays, one of the promising methods for scalable graphene production is ultrasound-aided liquid phase exfoliation (ULPE) of graphite. Two current limiting factors of ULPE are the use of harmful solutions (such as NMethyl-2-pyrrolidone or Dimethylformamide) and a relatively low graphene yield. In...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Published in:Carbon Vol. 206. P. 7-15
Other Authors: Tyurnina, Anastasia V., Morton, Justin A., Kaur, Amanpreet, Mi, Jiawei, Grobert, Nicole, Porfyrakis, Kyriakos, Tzanakis, Iakovos, Eskin, Dmitry G.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Online Access:http://vital.lib.tsu.ru/vital/access/manager/Repository/koha:001017256
LEADER 02935nab a2200397 c 4500
001 koha001017256
005 20240119173608.0
007 cr |
008 240116|2023 enk s a eng d
024 7 |a 10.1016/j.carbon.2023.01.062  |2 doi 
035 |a koha001017256 
040 |a RU-ToGU  |b rus  |c RU-ToGU 
245 1 0 |a Effects of green solvents and surfactants on the characteristics of few-layer graphene produced by dual-frequency ultrasonic liquid phase exfoliation technique  |c A. V. Tyurnina, J. A. Morton, A. Kaur [et al.] 
336 |a Текст 
337 |a электронный 
504 |a Библиогр.: 61 назв. 
520 3 |a Nowadays, one of the promising methods for scalable graphene production is ultrasound-aided liquid phase exfoliation (ULPE) of graphite. Two current limiting factors of ULPE are the use of harmful solutions (such as NMethyl-2-pyrrolidone or Dimethylformamide) and a relatively low graphene yield. In this study, we demonstrate a new dual frequency (20 kHz and 1174 kHz) ULPE approach in various eco-friendly media, which enabled us to produce various few-layer graphene (FLG) solutions of high quality. By implementing sophisticated characterisation techniques consisting of Raman spectroscopy, UV–vis spectroscopy and high-resolution electron microscopy, the final graphene flakes structure was confirmed to correlate the properties of each individual solution. The thinner (~3 layers) and larger (~1.5 μm2) flakes were observed while using just water, with the highest yield (11%) of smaller FLG flakes to be achieved in the mixture of water and a surfactant. In order to understand the cavitation mechanism in different solutions, the ULPE process was investigated by acoustic measurements. This study demonstrates the crucial role of ethanol (as a solvent) and surfactants as it regulates the cavitation power and intensity of the ultrasonic field and, thereby, the cavitation effectiveness. It is suggested that the mixture of water, ethanol and a surfactant is the best medium for ULPE process where a high yield of low-defective FLG flakes can be obtained in a solution stable at least for 3 months (around 80%) 
653 |a графен 
653 |a акустическое давление 
653 |a ультразвуковой пилинг 
653 |a экологичные решения 
653 |a ударные волны 
655 4 |a статьи в журналах 
700 1 |a Tyurnina, Anastasia V. 
700 1 |a Morton, Justin A. 
700 1 |a Kaur, Amanpreet 
700 1 |a Mi, Jiawei 
700 1 |a Grobert, Nicole 
700 1 |a Porfyrakis, Kyriakos 
700 1 |a Tzanakis, Iakovos 
700 1 |a Eskin, Dmitry G. 
773 0 |t Carbon  |d 2023  |g Vol. 206. P. 7-15  |x 0008-6223 
852 4 |a RU-ToGU 
856 4 |u http://vital.lib.tsu.ru/vital/access/manager/Repository/koha:001017256 
908 |a статья 
999 |c 1017256  |d 1017256