Facile synthesis of nanographene by a high-yield and scalable method

The aim of this work was to synthesize nanographene (NG) through a simple, efficient, and cost-effective method. In this regard, a combination of microwave (MW) and shear mixing with a kitchen blender was used. Atomic force microscopy (AFM), Raman spectroscopy, transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis were used to investigate the structure of synthesized NG. The Results of the characterizations demonstrated that most of the synthesized NG exhibited OD structure and bilayer characteristics. The obtained results introduce a method for synthesizing NG at a large scale through a combination of MW and shear, in a relatively short time, without any need for purification.