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Advantages And Disadvantages Of Graphene

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INTRODUCTION

Graphene is a two-dimensional material (2D), composed of layers of carbon atoms packed into a honeycomb network, has become a sparkling rising star on the horizon of material science in the last several years. Even though GN is the mother of all graphitic forms, including 0D fullerene, 1D carbon nanotubes
(CNT) and 3D graphite, which have been intensively studied for decades, not too much attention was paid to GN before.

Graphene, a monolayer of sp2 hybridized carbon atoms arranged in a honeycomb lattice, is an interesting material with a range of unusual properties. Long-range pi-conjugation in graphene yields remarkable and unique properties, such as high values of its Young’s modulus (1.0 TPa), large theoretical specific surface area (2630m2 g-1),excellent thermal conductivity (5000 W m-1 K-1), high mobility of charge carriers (200 000 cm2 V-1 s-1), and optical transmittance (97.7%). These excellent properties support GN as an ideal building blocks in nanocomposites. Nanocomposites …show more content…

There are various methods like Hummers, Brodie, Staudenmair method and some of other methods.Hummer’s method (oxidizing graphite flakes with a mixture of Sulphuric Acid (H2SO4),Potassium Permangnate (KMnO4), Sodium Nitrate (NaNO3)) is generally used for synthesis of GO. Preparation of rGO: Reduction is a way to remove oxygen group,so as to add a group to graphene.rGO can be prepared by chemically reducing GO by using various reducing agents like sodium borohydride,hydrazine monohydrate, hydroquinone, sulphur containing compounds,etc. Hydrazine being toxic and explosive in nature is avoided. Instead environment friendly substitutes like sodium citrate,alcohols,reducing sugar,vitamin A can be used.Other method involve themally mediated reduction including oil bath, hydrothermal, solvothermal approaches can be used to reduce

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