Fabrication and Characterization of Graphene Microcrystal Prepared from Lignin Refined from Sugarcane Bagasse
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Experimental Section
2.1. Biorefinery of Sugarcane Bagasse
2.2. Structure of Lignin
2.3. Fabrication of GMC
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. GMC Samples Prepared Using Scheme 1
3.1.1. SEM and TEM Images of GMC Samples
3.1.2. FTIR Spectra of Lignin and GMC Sample
3.1.3. XRD Patterns of GMC Samples
3.1.4. Raman Spectra of GMC Samples
3.1.5. XPS Spectra of GMC Samples
3.2. GMC Sample Prepared from Scheme 2
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Temperature (°C) | Valence Ratio (%) | Element (%) | |||
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C-sp2 | C-sp3 | Carbon | Oxygen | Other | |
800 | 58.05 | 41.95 | 79.02 | 14.95 | 6.03 |
1000 | 77.08 | 22.92 | 83.82 | 12.10 | 4.08 |
1200 | 88.73 | 11.27 | 93.27 | 6.27 | 0.46 |
HTC-Pyr | 80.83 | 19.17 | 88.56 | 8.45 | 2.99 |
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Tang, P.-D.; Du, Q.-S.; Li, D.-P.; Dai, J.; Li, Y.-M.; Du, F.-L.; Long, S.-Y.; Xie, N.-Z.; Wang, Q.-Y.; Huang, R.-B. Fabrication and Characterization of Graphene Microcrystal Prepared from Lignin Refined from Sugarcane Bagasse. Nanomaterials 2018, 8, 565. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano8080565
Tang P-D, Du Q-S, Li D-P, Dai J, Li Y-M, Du F-L, Long S-Y, Xie N-Z, Wang Q-Y, Huang R-B. Fabrication and Characterization of Graphene Microcrystal Prepared from Lignin Refined from Sugarcane Bagasse. Nanomaterials. 2018; 8(8):565. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano8080565
Chicago/Turabian StyleTang, Pei-Duo, Qi-Shi Du, Da-Peng Li, Jun Dai, Yan-Ming Li, Fang-Li Du, Si-Yu Long, Neng-Zhong Xie, Qing-Yan Wang, and Ri-Bo Huang. 2018. "Fabrication and Characterization of Graphene Microcrystal Prepared from Lignin Refined from Sugarcane Bagasse" Nanomaterials 8, no. 8: 565. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano8080565