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Nanofabrication route to achieve sustainable production of next generation defect-free graphene: analysis and characterisation

  • Shikhar Misra
  • Nirmal Kumar Katiyar
  • Arvind Kumar
  • Saurav Goel
  • Krishanu Biswas

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In the past two decades, graphene has been one of the most studied materials due to its exceptional properties. The scalable route to cost-effective manufacture defect-free graphene has continued to remain a technical challenge. Intrinsically defect-free graphene changes its properties dramatically, and it is a challenging task to control the defects in graphene production using scaled-down subtractive manufacturing techniques. In this work, the exfoliation of graphite was investigated as a sustainable low-cost graphene manufacturing technique. The study made use of a simple domestic appliance e.g., a kitchen blender to churn graphene in wet conditions by mixing with N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone (NMP). It was found that the centrifugal force-induced turbulent flow caused by the rotating blades exfoliates graphite flakes to form graphene. The technique is endowed with a high yield of defect-free graphene (0.3 g/h) and was deemed suitable to remove 10% fluoride content from the water and color absorption from fizzy drinks.

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Misra, S. ., Katiyar, N. K. ., Kumar, A. ., Goel, S. ., & Biswas, K. . (2021). Nanofabrication route to achieve sustainable production of next generation defect-free graphene: analysis and characterisation. Nanofabrication, 6, 36–43. Retrieved from https://ojs.bdtopten.com/33015.eaapublishing/index.php/nanofab/article/view/268

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Published: 2021-12-30

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