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Quality Improvement of Few-Layers Defective Graphene from Biomass and Application for H2 Generation.


ABSTRACT: Pyrolysis of filmogenic natural polymers gives rise to the formation of films of few-layers defective, undoped, and doped graphenes with low electrical conductivity (3000 to 5000 ?/sq). For the sake of valorization of biomass wastes, it would be of interest to decrease the density of structural defects in order to increase the conductivity of the resulting few-layers graphene samples. In the present study, analytical and spectroscopic evidence is provided showing that by performing the pyrolysis at the optimal temperature (1100 °C), under a low percentage of H2, a significant decrease in the density of defects related to the presence of residual oxygen can be achieved. This improvement in the quality of the resulting few-layers defective graphene is reflected in a decrease by a factor of about 3 or 5 for alginic acid and chitosan, respectively, of the electrical resistance. Under optimal conditions, few-layers defective graphene films with a resistance of 1000 ? /sq were achieved. The electrode made of high-quality graphene prepared at 1100 °C under Ar/H2 achieved a H2 production of 3.62 µmol with a positive applied bias of 1.1 V under LED illumination for 16 h.

SUBMITTER: He J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6632024 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Quality Improvement of Few-Layers Defective Graphene from Biomass and Application for H<sub>2</sub> Generation.

He Jinbao J   Anouar Aicha A   Primo Ana A   García Hermenegildo H  

Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland) 20190619 6


Pyrolysis of filmogenic natural polymers gives rise to the formation of films of few-layers defective, undoped, and doped graphenes with low electrical conductivity (3000 to 5000 Ω/sq). For the sake of valorization of biomass wastes, it would be of interest to decrease the density of structural defects in order to increase the conductivity of the resulting few-layers graphene samples. In the present study, analytical and spectroscopic evidence is provided showing that by performing the pyrolysis  ...[more]

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