Abstract
Non-catalysed growth methodologies of carbon nanomaterial synthesis can represent lower costs and greener approaches and cause less damage to the nanomaterial. During the carbonisation of a polyacrylonitrile-based co-polymer, carbon nanofibres (CNFs) and single-and multi-layer graphenes (SLG and MLG) are generated. The accumulated fragmentation products of the co-polymer coalesce to form CNFs that radiate away from the monolith, whose dimensions are linked to their template growth along crests, which were formed from the out-gassing of volatile products of the polymer during the stabilisation step. The slight shrinkage of the carbonising monolith also leads to exfoliation of larger areas of the surface yielding single-and multi-layered graphenes. These results reveal a potentially useful process for the facile production of carbon nanomaterials.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 2018-2025 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Carbon |
| Volume | 50 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Apr 2012 |
| Externally published | Yes |
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Exfoliated production of single-and multi-layer graphenes and carbon nanofibres from the carbonisation of a co-polymer. / Korobeinyk, Alina V.; Whitby, Raymond L D; Salvage, Jonathan P.; Mikhalovsky, Sergey V.
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AU - Korobeinyk, Alina V.
AU - Whitby, Raymond L D
AU - Salvage, Jonathan P.
AU - Mikhalovsky, Sergey V.
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N2 - Non-catalysed growth methodologies of carbon nanomaterial synthesis can represent lower costs and greener approaches and cause less damage to the nanomaterial. During the carbonisation of a polyacrylonitrile-based co-polymer, carbon nanofibres (CNFs) and single-and multi-layer graphenes (SLG and MLG) are generated. The accumulated fragmentation products of the co-polymer coalesce to form CNFs that radiate away from the monolith, whose dimensions are linked to their template growth along crests, which were formed from the out-gassing of volatile products of the polymer during the stabilisation step. The slight shrinkage of the carbonising monolith also leads to exfoliation of larger areas of the surface yielding single-and multi-layered graphenes. These results reveal a potentially useful process for the facile production of carbon nanomaterials.
AB - Non-catalysed growth methodologies of carbon nanomaterial synthesis can represent lower costs and greener approaches and cause less damage to the nanomaterial. During the carbonisation of a polyacrylonitrile-based co-polymer, carbon nanofibres (CNFs) and single-and multi-layer graphenes (SLG and MLG) are generated. The accumulated fragmentation products of the co-polymer coalesce to form CNFs that radiate away from the monolith, whose dimensions are linked to their template growth along crests, which were formed from the out-gassing of volatile products of the polymer during the stabilisation step. The slight shrinkage of the carbonising monolith also leads to exfoliation of larger areas of the surface yielding single-and multi-layered graphenes. These results reveal a potentially useful process for the facile production of carbon nanomaterials.
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