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Introduction to Nanocarbon

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The field of nanomaterials has received much attention in recent years for its cutting-edge applications in areas such as energy, environmental, and life sciences. Owing to their distinct physio-chemical characteristics, nanocarbon with various dimensions such as 0D fullerenes and carbon-dots, 1D graphene nanoribbons and carbon nanotubes, 2D graphene oxides and graphene, and 3D nanodiamonds have gained a great deal of interest for applications in photovoltaics, optoelectronics, and electronics and as well as bio-imaging, sensing, and therapeutics. More interestingly graphene and CNTs offer unique structural properties like flexibility, mechanical stability, and electrical and thermal stability which create a revolution in the field of energy storage and sensing applications. This chapter systematically summarizes the synthesis of nanocarbons with distinct morphology and discusses how the synthesis methods influence the structural properties of nanocarbons. Further, the challenges in the synthesis methods and future perspectives of nanocarbons also discussed.

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The author C. Nithya wishes to thank the DST-Science and Engineering Research board, Government of India for SERB-POWER Grant (SPG/2021/004543).

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    Shivaraj Dhanushree & Chandrasekaran Nithya

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Dhanushree, S., Nithya, C. (2024). Introduction to Nanocarbon. In: Gupta, R.K. (eds) NanoCarbon: A Wonder Material for Energy Applications. Engineering Materials. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-9935-4_1

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