We developed a new approach for scalable production of graphene nanoplatelets (GnPs), which involves simple but efficient production via mechanochemical ball-milling graphite in the presence of corresponding reactants.
Edge-selectively functionalized graphene nanoplatelets (EFGnPs) have high crystallinity and a variety of functional groups and/or heteroatoms can be selectively introduced at the edges for different applications.
Our research in this area focuses on the applications, such as fuel cells, solar cells, Li-ion batteries, flame retardants and so on.
Further reading
- Jeon, I.-Y.; Shin, Y.-R.; Sohn, G.-J.; Choi, H.-J.; Bae, S.-Y.; Mahmood, J.; Jung, S.-M.; Seo, J.-M.; Kim, M.-J.; Chang, D.-W.; Dai, L.; Baek, J.-B. Edge-Carboxylated Graphene Nanosheets via Ball Milling Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 109 5588-5593 (2012)
- Jeon, I.-Y.; Choi, M.; Choi, H.-J.; Jung, S.-M.; Kim, M.-J.; Seo, J.-M.; Bae, S.-Y.; Yoo, S.; Kim, G.; Jung, H. Y.; Park, N.; Baek, J.-B. Antimony-Doped Graphene Nanoplatelets Nat. Commun. 6 7123 (2015)
- Jeon, I.-Y.; Bae, S.-Y.; Seo, J.-M.; Baek, J.-B. Scalable Production of Edge-Functionalized Graphene Nanoplatelets via Mechanochemical Ball-Milling Adv. Funct. Mater. 25 6961-6975 (2015)