Few layer graphene from mechanical exfoliation of graphite based materials. Structure-dependent characteristics

Azhar A. Pirzado; Francois Le Normand; Thierry Romero; Sandra Paszkiewicz; Vasiliki Papaefthimiou; Dris Ihiawakrim; Izabela Janowska

doi:10.3390/chemengineering3020037

arXiv · 2012.05762

Few layer graphene from mechanical exfoliation of graphite based materials. Structure-dependent characteristics

Azhar A. Pirzado·Francois Le Normand·Thierry Romero·Sandra Paszkiewicz·Vasiliki Papaefthimiou·Dris Ihiawakrim·Izabela Janowska

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We present a high scale method to produce few layer graphene (FLG) based on the mechanical exfoliation of graphite and compare the obtained FLG with the one reported earlier arising from pencil lead ablation. Several things are modified and improved in the new approach. The purification and the ablation set_up are simplified, and the morphology of the FLG is modified and improved in view of some applications. The morphology dependent properties of FLGs, lead FLG and graphite FLG, are investigated as conductive layers and in nanocomposites. Newly obtained FLG has higher aspect ratio (high lateral size vs. thickness,higher 2D aspect) which is reflected by an enhanced transparency_conductivity features of the layer (film) and an elongation at break behavior in the polymer composites. On the contrary, the nanocomposite containing lead FLG shows for instance excellent gas barrier properties due to the multistep structure of lead FLG flakes. Such structure exhibits less 2D and more 3D character, which can be highly suitable for applications where the presence of active, reactive edges is beneficial ( in catalysis or supercapacitors electrodes). Nuclear reaction analysis is employed to investigate the morphology of graphite FLG film.

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Azhar A. Pirzado, Francois Le Normand, Thierry Romero, Sandra Paszkiewicz, Vasiliki Papaefthimiou, Dris Ihiawakrim, Izabela Janowska. 2020-12-10. Few layer graphene from mechanical exfoliation of graphite based materials. Structure-dependent characteristics. https://doi.org/10.3390/chemengineering3020037

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