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Preparation of porous graphene from electrochemically and sonoelectrochemically exfoliated graphene

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Porous graphene synergistically takes advantage of both graphene and porous materials, providing rich transfer channels for electrons/ions in many practical applications. In this study, porous graphene was prepared via a chemical etching reaction between graphene and hydrogen peroxide under hydrothermal conditions. Although graphene oxide is mainly used as the starting material for preparing porous graphene, the rapidly and eco-friendly prepared electrochemically exfoliated graphene (EEG) was used, which is desirable for large-scale production of porous graphene. Furthermore, the effect of applying ultrasonic during the electrochemical exfoliation was systematically investigated. Morphological studies revealed that applying ultrasonic during exfoliation would result in the fragmentation of graphene sheets into small pieces, which could be favourable for some applications. After the hydrothermal process, despite the restacking of graphene sheets, the formation of pores showed a dominant effect and increased the specific surface area from 8.67 to 30.08 m2 g−1. Besides, the aforementioned fragmentation of graphene sheets (under ultrasonic waves) resulted in the severe restacking of graphene sheets after the pore formation process, which is not desirable. Consequently, sonoelectrochemical exfoliation could be significantly beneficial for producing multilayer graphene, but not desirable for producing porous graphene.

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Pishgahinejad, S., Hassanzadeh, N. Preparation of porous graphene from electrochemically and sonoelectrochemically exfoliated graphene. Bull Mater Sci 46, 232 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12034-023-03078-z

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