Preparation of few-layer graphene by the hydroxylation of a potassium–graphite intercalation compound

Preparation of few-layer graphene by the hydroxylation of a potassium–graphite intercalation compound

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Available at www.sciencedirect.com

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Tanso 262—Abstracts Preparation of activated carbon with high surface area using crab

agglomerated graphene in water yielded few-layer graphene. It

shell and shochu waste and the development of methane storage

was found that dropping small quantities of water onto KC8 is

technology

effective for achieving graphene with just a few layers.

Akihiro Yamashita, Yosuke Mori, Tatsuya Oshima, Yoshinari Baba

[TANSO 2014 (No. 262), 59–62.]

Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, University of Miyazaki, Japan

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2014.04.028

Low temperature pyrolysis of polyimide films in air Methane gas is an energy alternative to petroleum. However,

Koji

Tamadaa,

Takashi

Kobayashib,

Akihiko

the two conventional methods of storing methane gas, as

Tsutomu Takeichib, Rikio Yokotac, Jenq-Tain Lind

Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) and Compressed Natural Gas (CNG),

a

involve a high degree of risk in terms of safety. To develop a high-safety and low-cost method of storing methane gas, we examined its adsorption on activated carbon newly prepared from biomass waste (crab shell and shochu waste) by chemical activation with K2CO3. The activated carbons prepared from the mixture of crab shell and shochu waste exhibited a maximum specific surface area of 3212 m2/g as measured by nitrogen gas

Matsumotob,

Department of Electrical Engineering, Tokyo National College of

Technology, Japan b

Department of Environmental and Life Sciences, Toyohashi University

of Technology, Japan c

Department of Space Structure and Materials, Institute of Space and

Astronautical Science (ISAS), Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Japan d

adsorption, which is more than double that of commercially

Unimatec Co., Ltd, Japan

available activated carbon. The adsorption isotherms of methane

Carbon films were prepared from polyimide (PI) films by heat-

gas at 25 °C were measured using the new activated carbons and

treatment at low temperature in air. Porous pyrolyzed films were

the results revealed that their adsorption capacities for methane

obtained by maintaining the PI films at 500  560 °C for 10 min in

gas were particularly influenced by their micropore volume.

air. It was shown that heat-treatment in air is advantageous for

[TANSO 2014 (No. 262), 53–58.]

the production of porous films with low energy and low cost.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2014.04.027

Furthermore, the pore size of the films was distributed between 1 nm and 6 nm, having not only micropores but also mesopores. This is very different from material produced by heat-treatment

Preparation of few-layer graphene by the hydroxylation of a

in nitrogen between 700 °C and 900 °C, where micropores are pre-

potassium–graphite intercalation compound

dominantly formed. It is expected that the porous films prepared

Takuya Wadaa,b, Takuya Yasutakea, Akira Nakasugab,

by the heat-treatment in air are useful for the adsorption of a wide

Taro Kinumotoa, Tomoki Tumuraa, Masahiro Toyodaa

range of molecules other than small molecules.

a

[TANSO 2014 (No. 262), 63–66.] Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering,

Oita University, Japan b

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2014.04.029

High Strength Polymer Laboratory, High Performance Plastics

Company, Sekisui Chemical Co., Ltd, Japan Thermodynamics adsorbents Few-layer graphene was prepared from the potassium–graphite intercalation compound (KC8) by hydroxylation. In an oxidative atmosphere, KC8 decomposes from its initial structural stage to a second or third stage. However, when KC8 was hydroxylated by dropping a small amount of water onto it in a nonoxidative atmosphere, the KC8 exfoliated with a disruption of the stage structure and agglomerated graphene was obtained. Sonication of this

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and

of

nano-porous

electrochemical

carbon

materials

double-layer

as

capacitor

electrodes—Implications from computer simulation studies— Kenji Kiyoharaa, Hiroshi Shioyamab, Kinji Asakaa a

Health Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial

Science and Technology (AIST), Japan b

Research Institute for Ubiquitous Energy Devices, National Institute of

Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Japan