Facile 1D graphene fiber synthesis from an agricultural by-product: A silicon-mediated graphenization route
© 2018 Elsevier Ltd A one-dimensional (1D) graphene fiber with a novel structure has been prepared by a heat treatment of rice husk, a natural by-product that contains high amounts of silica. A step-by-step heat treatment of rice husk revealed that (i) carbonization yields porous carbon and silica,...
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| author | Fujisawa, K. Lei, Y. Tomas Andres, Carla de Suarez-Martinez, Irene Zhou, C. Lin, Y. Subramanian, S. Elías, A. Fujishige, M. Takeuchi, K. Robinson, J. Marks, N. Endo, M. Terrones, M. |
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| description | © 2018 Elsevier Ltd A one-dimensional (1D) graphene fiber with a novel structure has been prepared by a heat treatment of rice husk, a natural by-product that contains high amounts of silica. A step-by-step heat treatment of rice husk revealed that (i) carbonization yields porous carbon and silica, (ii) 1D ß-SiC nanowires are formed by the carbothermic reduction of silica, (iii) finally 1D graphene fibers are created by silicon sublimation from 1D ß-SiC nanowires. Raman spectroscopy and electron microscopy studies revealed that the graphene fiber is composed of a turbostratic multilayer structure. The SiC-derived material exhibits a large crystalline size and turbostratic stacking making each layer as quasi-free-standing graphene, which is confirmed by the 3.9 times higher Raman G'-band intensity over the G-band intensity. Molecular dynamics simulations revealed a high diffusion rate of Si atoms and a volume reduction of the SiC structure at the sublimation temperature. Since the silicon sublimation occurred from multiple points of the SiC nanowire, this led to radially-collapsed fibers and faceted structures with thick-graphitic-layer that are inter-connected (deflated-balloons and inter-connected balloon-like fibers). This facile synthesis route opens up a new avenue to the cost-effective and etching-free production of self-standing graphene for its bulk usage. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-722842023-06-07T08:17:33Z Facile 1D graphene fiber synthesis from an agricultural by-product: A silicon-mediated graphenization route Fujisawa, K. Lei, Y. Tomas Andres, Carla de Suarez-Martinez, Irene Zhou, C. Lin, Y. Subramanian, S. Elías, A. Fujishige, M. Takeuchi, K. Robinson, J. Marks, N. Endo, M. Terrones, M. © 2018 Elsevier Ltd A one-dimensional (1D) graphene fiber with a novel structure has been prepared by a heat treatment of rice husk, a natural by-product that contains high amounts of silica. A step-by-step heat treatment of rice husk revealed that (i) carbonization yields porous carbon and silica, (ii) 1D ß-SiC nanowires are formed by the carbothermic reduction of silica, (iii) finally 1D graphene fibers are created by silicon sublimation from 1D ß-SiC nanowires. Raman spectroscopy and electron microscopy studies revealed that the graphene fiber is composed of a turbostratic multilayer structure. The SiC-derived material exhibits a large crystalline size and turbostratic stacking making each layer as quasi-free-standing graphene, which is confirmed by the 3.9 times higher Raman G'-band intensity over the G-band intensity. Molecular dynamics simulations revealed a high diffusion rate of Si atoms and a volume reduction of the SiC structure at the sublimation temperature. Since the silicon sublimation occurred from multiple points of the SiC nanowire, this led to radially-collapsed fibers and faceted structures with thick-graphitic-layer that are inter-connected (deflated-balloons and inter-connected balloon-like fibers). This facile synthesis route opens up a new avenue to the cost-effective and etching-free production of self-standing graphene for its bulk usage. 2019 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/72284 10.1016/j.carbon.2018.10.032 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP150103487 Pergamon fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Fujisawa, K. Lei, Y. Tomas Andres, Carla de Suarez-Martinez, Irene Zhou, C. Lin, Y. Subramanian, S. Elías, A. Fujishige, M. Takeuchi, K. Robinson, J. Marks, N. Endo, M. Terrones, M. Facile 1D graphene fiber synthesis from an agricultural by-product: A silicon-mediated graphenization route |
| title | Facile 1D graphene fiber synthesis from an agricultural by-product: A silicon-mediated graphenization route |
| title_full | Facile 1D graphene fiber synthesis from an agricultural by-product: A silicon-mediated graphenization route |
| title_fullStr | Facile 1D graphene fiber synthesis from an agricultural by-product: A silicon-mediated graphenization route |
| title_full_unstemmed | Facile 1D graphene fiber synthesis from an agricultural by-product: A silicon-mediated graphenization route |
| title_short | Facile 1D graphene fiber synthesis from an agricultural by-product: A silicon-mediated graphenization route |
| title_sort | facile 1d graphene fiber synthesis from an agricultural by-product: a silicon-mediated graphenization route |
| url | http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP150103487 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/72284 |