Mechanical Engineering Faculty Research
Title
Process for Producing Nano-scaled Graphene Plates
Document Type
Patent
Publication Date
12-8-2005
Abstract
A process for producing nano-scaled graphene plates with each plate comprising a sheet of graphite plane or multiple sheets of graphite plane with the graphite plane comprising a two-dimensional hexagonal structure of carbon atoms. The process includes the primary steps of: (a) providing a powder of fine graphite particles comprising graphite crystallites with each crystallite comprising one sheet or normally a multiplicity of sheets of graphite plane bonded together; (b) exfoliating the graphite crystallites to form exfoliated graphite particles, which are characterized by having at least two graphite planes being either partially or fully separated from each other; and (c) subjecting the exfoliated graphite particles to a mechanical attrition treatment to further reduce at least one dimension of the particles to a nanometer scale, <100 nm, for producing the nano-scaled graphene plates.
Publication Title
US 20050271574 A1
Recommended Citation
Jang, Bor; Yang, Laixia; Wong, Shing Chung Josh; and Bai, Yanjun, "Process for Producing Nano-scaled Graphene Plates" (2005). Mechanical Engineering Faculty Research. 580.
https://ideaexchange.uakron.edu/mechanical_ideas/580
Comments
Application Number: US 10/858,814