Evseev, Z.I.; Prokopiev, A.R.; Dmitriev, P.S.; Loskin, N.N.; Popov, D.N. Fast Joule Heating for the Scalable and Green Production of Graphene with a High Surface Area. Materials2024, 17, 576.
Evseev, Z.I.; Prokopiev, A.R.; Dmitriev, P.S.; Loskin, N.N.; Popov, D.N. Fast Joule Heating for the Scalable and Green Production of Graphene with a High Surface Area. Materials 2024, 17, 576.
Evseev, Z.I.; Prokopiev, A.R.; Dmitriev, P.S.; Loskin, N.N.; Popov, D.N. Fast Joule Heating for the Scalable and Green Production of Graphene with a High Surface Area. Materials2024, 17, 576.
Evseev, Z.I.; Prokopiev, A.R.; Dmitriev, P.S.; Loskin, N.N.; Popov, D.N. Fast Joule Heating for the Scalable and Green Production of Graphene with a High Surface Area. Materials 2024, 17, 576.
Abstract
The rapid development of electric vehicles, unmanned aerial vehicles, and wearable electronic devices has led to a high interest in research related to the synthesis of graphene with a high specific surface area for energy applications. However, the problem of graphene synthesis scalability, as well as the lengthy duration and high energy intensity of the activation processes of carbon materials, are significant disadvantages. In this study, a reactor was developed for the green, simple, and scalable electrochemical synthesis of graphene oxide with a low oxygen content of 14.1 %. The resulting material was activated using a fast joule heating method. The processing of mildly oxidized graphene with a high–energy short electrical pulse (32 ms) made it possible to obtain a graphene–based porous carbon material with a specific surface area of up to 1984.5 m2/g. The low energy intensity, simplicity, and use of environmentally friendly chemicals render the proposed method scalable.
Keywords
graphene; mildly oxidized graphene; electrochemically exfoliated graphene; fast joule heating; activated carbon; specific surface area
Subject
Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanotechnology
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