Novel cost-effective synthesis of non-doped turbostratic graphene from a graphite intercalation compound: development of a durable and stable electrocatalyst for the oxygen reduction reaction

Abstract

Expensive and high-temperature methods like chemical vapour deposition and epitaxial growth are mainly investigated for turbostratic graphene preparation whereas, cost-effective production by a top-down approach from graphite is presented here....

Activating bimetallic ZIF-derived polymers using facile steam-etching for the ORR

“…The ORR performance of α-Fe 2 O 3 /Fe@NPC surpassed most electrocatalysts reported in the literature (Table S4, ESI†). 3–7,10,37–41…”

“…The ORR performance of a-Fe 2 O 3 /Fe@NPC surpassed most electrocatalysts reported in the literature (Table S4, ESI †). [3][4][5][6][7]10,[37][38][39][40][41] LSV curves at different rotational speeds (400 to 2025 rpm) were obtained to determine the mechanism of a-Fe 2 O 3 / Fe@NPC. As shown in Fig.…”

“…1,2 Magnetic iron oxide nanoparticles acting as the active sites (such as a-Fe 2 O 3 , Fe 3 O 4 , and g-Fe 2 O 3 ) show excellent ORR activity in alkaline electrolytes. [3][4][5][6][7] However, iron oxides do not conduct well and require the addition of carbon materials to obtain good catalytic results. Among multiple carbon-based supports, nitrogen or/and phosphorus-doped carbon surpassed other undoped carbon nanomaterials.…”

Perforated Turbostratic Graphene As Active Layer in a Nonvolatile Resistive Switching Memory Device

“…However, it is well established that "defects" on the graphene sheets play an important role in improving its electronic properties. 10 Also, the translation or rotation between the stacking layers in multilayer graphene introduces another deciding parameter to control the electronic properties of graphene. 11 Typically, these types of multilayer graphene are known as "turbostratic" graphene, which leads to monolayer graphene-like electronic properties.…”

“…11 These twisted carbon layers can create more wrinkles at the surface of the graphene sheets. In recent times, due to these extraordinary features, turbostratic graphene is extensively used in different areas of research, such as supercapacitors, 13 oxygen reduction reaction, 10 photodetectors, 14 nanofiltration, 15 etc. However, green synthesized turbostratic graphene and its possible electronic applications remain largely unexplored.…”