Wet chemical method for making graphene-like films from carbon black

ACS Appl Mater Interfaces. 2012 Sep 26;4(9):4491-8. doi: 10.1021/am301197q. Epub 2012 Aug 30.

Abstract

Reduction of strongly oxidized carbon black by hydrazine hydrate yields water-insoluble graphene-like sheets that undergo to self-assembling in thin film on surfaces after drying. The height of a drop-casted graphene-like film was determined by atomic force microscopy (AFM) to be around 20 nm, corresponding to approximately 25 graphene-like layers. The oxidized carbon black and the corresponding reduced form were carefully characterized.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't