One-Pot Synthesis of Fluorescent Carbon Nanoribbons, Nanoparticles, and Graphene by the Exfoliation of Graphite in Ionic Liquids

Jiong Lu; Jia-Xiang Yang; Junzhong Wang; A.E.-J. Lim; Shuai Wang; Kian Ping Loh

doi:10.1021/nn900546b

Abstract

In this work we demonstrate a facile means to generate fluorescent carbon nanoribbons, nanoparticles, and graphene from graphite electrode using ionic liquid-assisted electrochemical exfoliation. A time-dependence study of products exfoliated from the graphite anode allows the reconstruction of the exfoliation mechanism based on the interplay of anodic oxidation and anion intercalation. We have developed strategies to control the distribution of the exfoliated products. In addition, the fluorescence of these carbon nanomaterials can be tuned from the visible to ultraviolet region by controlling the water content in the ionic liquid electrolyte.

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Exfoliation jointIonic liquidGrapheneGraphiteMaterials scienceIntercalation (chemistry)AnodeNanomaterialsElectrochemistryNanoparticleCarbon fibersFluorescenceElectrolyteGraphene nanoribbonsChemical engineeringNanotechnologyElectrodeInorganic chemistryChemistryComposite numberCatalysisOrganic chemistryComposite material

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Year: 2009
Type: article
Volume: 3
Issue: 8
Pages: 2367-2375
Citations: 1179
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                                    Jiong Lu, 
                                
                                    Jia-Xiang Yang, 
                                
                                    Junzhong Wang
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2009). 
                            One-Pot Synthesis of Fluorescent Carbon Nanoribbons, Nanoparticles, and Graphene by the Exfoliation of Graphite in Ionic Liquids. 
                            ACS Nano
                            , 3
                            (8)
                            , 2367-2375.
                            https://doi.org/10.1021/nn900546b
                        

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DOI: 10.1021/nn900546b