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Thermophysical study of graphene nanoflakes by differential scanning calorimetry

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Combustion heats of graphene nanoflakes (GNFs) of different thicknesses produced by chemical vapor deposition method were measured for the first time by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) in the temperature range of 303–1273 K. They were found to be lower than that of graphite and increase nonlinearly from 18.8 ± 1.1 to 30.5 ± 1.4 kJ g−1 with decrease in the specific surface area of GNFs from 1730 to 770 m2 g−1. The heat capacity of GNFs was calculated to be higher than that of graphite. The energy diagram for the heat of GNF combustion was proposed based on the literature data and results of DSC, Raman spectroscopy and transmission electron microscopy study. The obtained results expand the scarce thermodynamic data available for graphene-based materials.

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The reported study was funded by RFBR according to the research project #18-33-00322-mol_a. The authors acknowledge support from “Nanochemistry and Nanomaterials” MSU Equipment Center, Lomonosov Moscow State University Program of Development. S. Savilov and V. Lunin also thank the State Assignment of IGIC RAS.

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  1. Department of Chemistry, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 1–3 Leninskiye Gory, Moscow, Russia, 119991

    Ekaterina A. Arkhipova, Natalia E. Strokova, Yulia A. Tambovtseva, Anton S. Ivanov, Sergei A. Chernyak, Konstantin I. Maslakov, Tolganay B. Egorova, Serguei V. Savilov & Valery V. Lunin

  2. Department of Physical Chemistry, Kurnakov Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 31 Leninsky Prospect, Moscow, Russia, 119991

    Serguei V. Savilov & Valery V. Lunin

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Arkhipova, E.A., Strokova, N.E., Tambovtseva, Y.A. et al. Thermophysical study of graphene nanoflakes by differential scanning calorimetry. J Therm Anal Calorim 140, 2641–2648 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-019-09040-8

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