Journal
HELIYON
Volume 8, Issue 3, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e09032
Keywords
Carbon; Coconut shell; Graphenic; Heat treatments; Heat treatments; Heat treatments; Heat treatments; Mesostructure; Mesostructure; Mesostructure; Mesostructure; SAXS; SAXS
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- Kementerian Riset Teknologi Dan Pendidikan Tinggi Republik Indonesia [1286/PKS/ITS/2020]
- PMDSU Program
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This study investigates the effect of heating temperature on the structure of graphenic-based carbon (GC) and suggests that GC has a mesostructure.
In this study, the effect of heating temperature on the structure of graphenic-based carbon (GC) has been successfully investigated. A series of GC materials was prepared from coconut shells by a green synthesis method. The process includes heating at four temperatures (T = 400, 600, 800 and 1000 ? C) followed by an exfoliation process assisted by hydrochloric acid (HCl). These materials were characterized by wide-and small-angle x-ray scattering (WAXS and SAXS), Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), x-ray photoemission spectroscopy (XPS) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The WAXS analysis shows Braggs peaks corresponding to the reduced graphene oxide (rGO)-like phase. Investigations by FTIR and XPS methods show the presence of carbon-oxygen functional groups such as C=C (carbon with sp(2) hybridization), C-C (carbon with sp(3) hybridization), and C=O bonds. The sp(2) bonds form a 2-dimensional (2D) network in hexagonal lattice, while carbon with sp(3) bonds tends to form a 3-dimensional (3D) tetrahedral structure. The BET analysis revealed meso-and micro-pore structures in GC. Heating process reduces the specific surface area and increases pore size of GC. Moreover, increasing the heating temperature induces a decrease in radius of gyration (Rg) and an increase in the formation of 2D structures in GC. The fitting results of SAXS profiles, proved by TEM and XPS, yielded the structure of GC containing the mixture of 2D and 3D structures. Thus, it is suggested that the GC has a mesostructure.
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