Morphological and Thermal Characterization of Low-Cost Graphene Produced by Electrochemical Exfoliation Method

Year 2024, Volume: 28 Issue: 2, 283 - 293, 30.04.2024

Tamer Güzel Yasemin İşlek Oğuzhan Yıldız

https://doi.org/10.16984/saufenbilder.1271095

Abstract

The low-cost and mass production of graphene has gained importance in recent years. The electrochemical exfoliation method, one of the graphene production methods, is an efficient technique used to obtain low-cost-effective and large quantities of graphene nanosheets. Exfoliation parameters affect the properties of exfoliated graphene nanosheets. In this study, graphene production is fabricated by the method of exfoliation using electrolyte and voltage parameters. For this, a pen tip was used instead of pure platinum, which is very expensive, at the cathode. The structural research was done by X-ray diffraction spectroscopy (XRD), Raman spectroscopy and Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometer (F-TIR). Morphological analyses were carried out by Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM). The number of layers and crystallite of graphene layers were estimated. The obtained results were compared with the results of the other similar studies. Analysis results show that low-cost multilayer graphene can be produced by the electrochemical exfoliation method with the electrical parameters.

Keywords

Exfoliation Graphene, Electrochemical Exfoliation, Graphene Nanosheet, Graphene Layer, Raman, XRD

Supporting Institution

Niğde University Research Projects Unit

Project Number

FEB 2018/19.

Thanks

We thank Niğde Ömer Halisdemir University Individual Research Project Unit for supporting our FEB 2018/19 project.

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