Facile In Situ Fabrication of Nanostructured Graphene-CuO Hybrid with Hydrogen Sulfide Removal Capacity. Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • A simple and scalable synthetic approach for one-step synthesis of graphene-CuO (TRGC) nanocomposite by an in situ thermo-annealing method has been developed. Using graphene oxide (GO) and copper hydroxide as a precursors reagent, the reduction of GO and the uniform deposition of in situ formed CuO nanoparticles on graphene was simultaneously achieved. The method employed no solvents, toxic-reducing agents, or organic modifiers. The resulting nanostructured hybrid exhibited improved H2S sorption capacity of 1.5mmol H2S/g-sorbent (3g S/100g-sorbent). Due to its highly dispersed sub-20nm CuO nanoparticles and large specific surface area, TRGC nanocomposite exhibits tremendous potential for energy and environment applications.

published proceedings

  • Nanomicro Lett

author list (cited authors)

  • Lonkar, S. P., Pillai, V. V., Stephen, S., Abdala, A., & Mittal, V.

citation count

  • 25

complete list of authors

  • Lonkar, Sunil P||Pillai, Vishnu V||Stephen, Samuel||Abdala, Ahmed||Mittal, Vikas

publication date

  • October 2016