<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Wrinkled graphene, derived from a facile thermal decomposition and chemical method, was subjected to various analysis techniques and the results have been reported here. Raman studies revealed the presence of highly graphitized amorphous carbon, which was evident by the appearance of five peaks in the deconvoluted first order spectrum. This result was very well corroborated by the XRD analysis. XPS and FT-IR spectra confirmed the incorporation of oxygen functionalities into the carbon backbone. AFM and SEM images of the sample disclosed a cluster of few-layer wrinkled graphene fragments. TEM images displayed a chain of nearly spherical aggregates of graphene, resembling nanohorns. The resistivity and sheet resistance of the sample were found to be low, making the obtained material a promising candidate for various device applications. Hence, kerosene soot proved to be an efficient precursor for facile synthesis of few layer graphene-like nanocarbon.</p></abstract>

Wrinkled graphene, derived from a facile thermal decomposition and chemical method, was subjected to various analysis techniques and the results have been reported here. Raman studies revealed the presence of highly graphitized amorphous carbon, which was evident by the appearance of five peaks in the deconvoluted first order spectrum. This result was very well corroborated by the XRD analysis. XPS and FT-IR spectra confirmed the incorporation of oxygen functionalities into the carbon backbone. AFM and SEM images of the sample disclosed a cluster of few-layer wrinkled graphene fragments. TEM images displayed a chain of nearly spherical aggregates of graphene, resembling nanohorns. The resistivity and sheet resistance of the sample were found to be low, making the obtained material a promising candidate for various device applications. Hence, kerosene soot proved to be an efficient precursor for facile synthesis of few layer graphene-like nanocarbon.

Wrinkled graphene: synthesis and characterization of few layer graphene-like nanocarbons from kerosene

Department of Physics, Christ University, Bengaluru-560 029, Karnataka, India

Materials Science-Poland

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Wrinkled graphene, derived from a facile thermal decomposition and chemical method, was subjected to various analysis techniques and the results have been...

Wrinkled graphene: synthesis and characterization of few layer graphene-like nanocarbons from kerosene

Article Category: Research Article

Published Online: Jun 07, 2016

Page range: 330 - 336

Received: Jul 10, 2015

Accepted: Apr 30, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/msp-2016-0061

Keywords
hydrocarbon, Hummers’, method, wrinkled graphene, nanohorns

© Wroclaw University of Technology

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Wrinkled graphene: synthesis and characterization of few layer graphene-like nanocarbons from kerosene

Article Category: Research Article

Published Online: Jun 07, 2016

Page range: 330 - 336

Received: Jul 10, 2015

Accepted: Apr 30, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/msp-2016-0061

Keywordshydrocarbon, Hummers’, method, wrinkled graphene, nanohorns

© Wroclaw University of Technology

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
hydrocarbon, Hummers’, method, wrinkled graphene, nanohorns