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Synthesis of few-layer graphene-like nanosheets from glucose: New facile approach for graphene-like nanosheets large-scale production

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 February 2016

Marwa Adel ,
Azza El-Maghraby ,
Ossama El-Shazly ,
El-Wahidy F. El-Wahidy  and
Marwa A. A. Mohamed Open the ORCID record for Marwa A. A. Mohamed [Opens in a new window]
Marwa Adel
Affiliation:
Department of Fabrication Technology, Advanced Technology and New Materials Research Institute, City of Scientific Research and Technological Applications (SRTA City), New Borg El-Arab, Alexandria 21934, Egypt
Azza El-Maghraby
Affiliation:
Department of Fabrication Technology, Advanced Technology and New Materials Research Institute, City of Scientific Research and Technological Applications (SRTA City), New Borg El-Arab, Alexandria 21934, Egypt
Ossama El-Shazly
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Alexandria University, Alexandria 21511, Egypt
El-Wahidy F. El-Wahidy
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Alexandria University, Alexandria 21511, Egypt
Marwa A. A. Mohamed*
Affiliation:
Department of Fabrication Technology, Advanced Technology and New Materials Research Institute, City of Scientific Research and Technological Applications (SRTA City), New Borg El-Arab, Alexandria 21934, Egypt
*
a) Address all correspondence to this author. e-mail: mmohamed@mucsat.sci.eg
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Abstract

This study reports new facile approach for gram-scale synthesis of graphene-like nanosheets fine powder, using glucose as precursor. Reduced graphene oxide (RGO) has been prepared in gram-scale via hydrothermal treatment of glucose. Upon increasing the vapor/liquid ratio for aqueous glucose solution within the autoclave system to 3/2, RGO-rich graphitic powder, containing small graphene oxide and amorphous carbon contents and having spherical morphology, is obtained. Then, introducing ammonia into the reaction medium resulted in the formation of pure RGO with reduced O-content and flat nanosheet-like morphology (Amm–RGO3/2). Interestingly, few-layer graphene-like nanosheets with slight oxygen and amorphous carbon contents and few structural defects are produced when annealing Amm–RGO3/2 at 600 °C under inert atmosphere. In summary, hydrothermal treatment of aqueous solution containing just glucose and ammonia followed by moderate-temperature thermal annealing, lead to few-layer graphene-like nanosheets with good structural characteristics. This new simple and efficient approach can be of great potential in the mass production of graphene-like nanosheets.

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Chydrothermalself-assemblynanostructure
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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 31 , Issue 4 , 29 February 2016 , pp. 455 - 467
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2016 

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