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Vol. 8 No. 4 (2016)

Facile In Situ Fabrication of Nanostructured Graphene–CuO Hybrid with Hydrogen Sulfide Removal Capacity

https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-016-0090-8
Sunil P. Lonkar
Department of Chemical Engineering, The Petroleum Institute, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Vishnu V. Pillai
Department of Chemical Engineering, The Petroleum Institute, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Samuel Stephen
Department of Chemical Engineering, The Petroleum Institute, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Ahmed Abdala
Department of Chemical Engineering, The Petroleum Institute, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Vikas Mittal
Department of Chemical Engineering, The Petroleum Institute, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Corresponding Author: Vikas Mittal

vmittal@pi.ac.ae

Nano-Micro Letters, Vol. 8 No. 4 (2016), Article Number: 312-319

Abstract

A simple and scalable synthetic approach for one-step synthesis of graphene–CuO (TRGC) nanocomposite by an in situ thermo-annealing method has been developed. Using graphene oxide (GO) and copper hydroxide as a precursors reagent, the reduction of GO and the uniform deposition of in situ formed CuO nanoparticles on graphene was simultaneously achieved. The method employed no solvents, toxic-reducing agents, or organic modifiers. The resulting nanostructured hybrid exhibited improved H2S sorption capacity of 1.5 mmol H2S/g-sorbent (3 g S/100 g-sorbent). Due to its highly dispersed sub-20 nm CuO nanoparticles and large specific surface area, TRGC nanocomposite exhibits tremendous potential for energy and environment applications.

Keywords

CuO/graphene Adsorption Breakthrough capacity Hydrogen sulfide Thermal stability In situ synthesis
Lonkar, Sunil P., Vishnu V. Pillai, Samuel Stephen, Ahmed Abdala, and Vikas Mittal. 2016. “Facile In Situ Fabrication of Nanostructured Graphene–CuO Hybrid With Hydrogen Sulfide Removal Capacity”. Nano-Micro Letters 8 (4):312-19. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-016-0090-8.
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