Microwave extraction of graphene from carbon fibers

✍ Scribed by V. Sridhar; Jin-Han Jeon; Il-Kwon Oh

• Book ID: 104009344
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2011
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 866 KB
• Volume: 49
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0008-6223
• DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2010.09.007

✦ Synopsis

A microwave method for extracting graphene and few-graphene stacks from turbostratic carbon fibers is reported. Microwave radiation is used as an additional energy source in the unzipping of tubular carbon structures in conjunction with hydrogen peroxide, a mild oxidizing agent. This minimizes the problems associated with excessive oxidation and considerably shortens the overall processing time.