Thermal Exfoliation of Natural Cellulosic Material for Graphene Synthesis

Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 80-84

  Ray, Ajoy Kumar ^a   Chatterjee, Somenath ^a   Singh, Jitendra Kumar ^b   Bapari, Himangshu ^b  

^a SIKKIM MANIPAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b NATIONAL METALLURGICAL LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

electron microscopy; graphene; hibiscus flower petals; Raman spectroscopy; thermal exfoliation

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EXFOLIATION (MATERIALS SCIENCE); NICKEL COMPOUNDS; NICKEL METALLOGRAPHY; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY;

CELLULOSIC MATERIAL; ELEVATED TEMPERATURE; EXFOLIATION PROCESS; HIBISCUS FLOWER PETALS; LAYERED STRUCTURED; NICKEL INCORPORATIONS; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPIC; THERMAL EXFOLIATION;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84925487838     PISSN: 10599495     EISSN: 15441024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11665-014-1224-0     Document Type: Article

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