Issue 58, 2016

Biomass derived solvents for the scalable production of single layered graphene from graphite

Abstract

Among four different biomass derived green and sustainable solvents namely levulinic acid (LA), ethyl lactate (EL), γ-valerolactone (GVL) and formic acid (FA) only LA was found to exfoliate graphite to single and few layered graphene sheets. During exfoliation, the formation of LA crystals embedded with single layered graphene sheets was observed. The process is scalable and the solvent can be recovered and reused in five subsequent cycles of exfoliation for the large scale production of graphene sheets.

Graphical abstract: Biomass derived solvents for the scalable production of single layered graphene from graphite

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
11 Jan 2016
Accepted
08 Feb 2016
First published
08 Feb 2016

Chem. Commun., 2016,52, 9074-9077

Biomass derived solvents for the scalable production of single layered graphene from graphite

M. Sharma, D. Mondal, N. Singh and K. Prasad, Chem. Commun., 2016, 52, 9074 DOI: 10.1039/C6CC00256K

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