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Dobele G, Plavniece A, Volperts A, Zhurinsh A, Upskuviene D, Balciunaite A, Jasulaitiene V, Niaura G, Talaikis M, Tamasauskaite-Tamasiunaite L, Norkus E, Kvello J, Colmenares-Rausseo LC. Effect of Pretreatment on the Nitrogen Doped Activated Carbon Materials Activity towards Oxygen Reduction Reaction. MATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 16:6005. [PMID: 37687695 PMCID: PMC10488859 DOI: 10.3390/ma16176005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2023] [Revised: 08/21/2023] [Accepted: 08/29/2023] [Indexed: 09/10/2023]
Abstract
Nitrogen-doped activated carbons with controlled micro- and mesoporosity were obtained from wood and wastes via chemical processing using pre-treatment (pyrolysis at 500 °C and hydrothermally carbonization at 250 °C) and evaluated as oxygen reduction catalysts for further application in fuel cells. The elemental and chemical composition, structure and porosity, and types of nitrogen bonds of obtained catalyst materials were studied. The catalytic activity was evaluated in an alkaline medium using the rotating disk electrode method. It was shown that an increase in the volume of mesopores in the porous structure of a carbon catalyst promotes the diffusion of reagents and the reactions proceed more efficiently. The competitiveness of the obtained carbon materials compared to Pt/C for the reaction of catalytic oxygen reduction is shown.
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- Galina Dobele
- Latvian State Institute of Wood Chemistry, Dzerbene Str. 27, LV-1006 Riga, Latvia; (G.D.); (A.V.); (A.Z.)
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- Latvian State Institute of Wood Chemistry, Dzerbene Str. 27, LV-1006 Riga, Latvia; (G.D.); (A.V.); (A.Z.)
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- Latvian State Institute of Wood Chemistry, Dzerbene Str. 27, LV-1006 Riga, Latvia; (G.D.); (A.V.); (A.Z.)
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- Latvian State Institute of Wood Chemistry, Dzerbene Str. 27, LV-1006 Riga, Latvia; (G.D.); (A.V.); (A.Z.)
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- Center for Physical Sciences and Technology, Sauletekio Ave. 3, LT-10257 Vilnius, Lithuania; (D.U.); (A.B.); (V.J.); (G.N.); (M.T.); (L.T.-T.)
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- Center for Physical Sciences and Technology, Sauletekio Ave. 3, LT-10257 Vilnius, Lithuania; (D.U.); (A.B.); (V.J.); (G.N.); (M.T.); (L.T.-T.)
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- Center for Physical Sciences and Technology, Sauletekio Ave. 3, LT-10257 Vilnius, Lithuania; (D.U.); (A.B.); (V.J.); (G.N.); (M.T.); (L.T.-T.)
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- Center for Physical Sciences and Technology, Sauletekio Ave. 3, LT-10257 Vilnius, Lithuania; (D.U.); (A.B.); (V.J.); (G.N.); (M.T.); (L.T.-T.)
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- Center for Physical Sciences and Technology, Sauletekio Ave. 3, LT-10257 Vilnius, Lithuania; (D.U.); (A.B.); (V.J.); (G.N.); (M.T.); (L.T.-T.)
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- Center for Physical Sciences and Technology, Sauletekio Ave. 3, LT-10257 Vilnius, Lithuania; (D.U.); (A.B.); (V.J.); (G.N.); (M.T.); (L.T.-T.)
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- Center for Physical Sciences and Technology, Sauletekio Ave. 3, LT-10257 Vilnius, Lithuania; (D.U.); (A.B.); (V.J.); (G.N.); (M.T.); (L.T.-T.)
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- SINTEF Industry, Batteries and Hydrogen Technologies, Strindvegen 4, NO-7465 Trondheim, Norway; (J.K.); (L.C.C.-R.)
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Mulko LE, Cuello EA, Baumann R, Ramuglia AR, Weidinger IM, Acevedo DF, Barbero CA, Molina M, Lasagni AF. On the design and development of foamed GO-hydrogel nanocomposite surfaces by ultra-short laser processing. NANOTECHNOLOGY 2023; 34:245701. [PMID: 36827699 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/acbeb4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2022] [Accepted: 02/24/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
Abstract
Graphene oxide (GO) and reduced graphene oxide have outstanding qualities that could be exploited as reinforcement and antibacterial agents in a plethora of biomedical applications. In this contribution, it is reported the deployment of a polyacrylamide GO-hydrogel composite (GO@pAAm) which was photo-converted and structured by ultra-short laser irradiation using a direct laser writing (DLW) approach. The materials were characterized by Fourier Transform Infrared spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy and confocal microscopy. The laser structure generates a multi-photo-induced effect: surface foaming and patterning, microdomains with enhanced selective water-swelling and effective GO photo-reduction. A first laser scan seems likely to induce the photo-reduction of GO and subsequent laser pulses trigger the structure/foaming. The photo-reduction of GO is evidenced by Raman spectroscopy by the relatively changing intensities of the D to G signals. Macroscopically by an increase in conductivity (decrease in sheet resistance fromRS-GO@pAAm= 304 ± 20 kΩ sq-1toRS-rGO@pAAm-DLW= 27 ± 8 kΩ sq-1) suggesting a reduction of the material measured by 4-Point-Probe.
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- Lucinda E Mulko
- Institut für Fertigungstechnik, Technische Universität Dresden, George-Bähr-Str. 3c, D-01069 Dresden, Germany
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- Research Institute for Energy Technologies and Advanced Materials (IITEMA), National University of Río Cuarto (UNRC)-National Council of Scientific and Technical Research (CONICET), Río Cuarto, Argentina
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- Institut für Fertigungstechnik, Technische Universität Dresden, George-Bähr-Str. 3c, D-01069 Dresden, Germany
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- Fakultät Chemie und Lebensmittelchemie, Technische Universität Dresden, Zellescher Weg, D-1901069, Germany
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- Fakultät Chemie und Lebensmittelchemie, Technische Universität Dresden, Zellescher Weg, D-1901069, Germany
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- Research Institute for Energy Technologies and Advanced Materials (IITEMA), National University of Río Cuarto (UNRC)-National Council of Scientific and Technical Research (CONICET), Río Cuarto, Argentina
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- Research Institute for Energy Technologies and Advanced Materials (IITEMA), National University of Río Cuarto (UNRC)-National Council of Scientific and Technical Research (CONICET), Río Cuarto, Argentina
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- Research Institute for Energy Technologies and Advanced Materials (IITEMA), National University of Río Cuarto (UNRC)-National Council of Scientific and Technical Research (CONICET), Río Cuarto, Argentina
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- Institut für Fertigungstechnik, Technische Universität Dresden, George-Bähr-Str. 3c, D-01069 Dresden, Germany
- Fraunhofer-Institut für Werkstoff- und Strahltechnik IWS, Winterbergstr. 28, D-01277 Dresden, Germany
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Fiodorov V, Ratautas K, Mockus Z, Trusovas R, Mikoliūnaitė L, Račiukaitis G. Laser-Assisted Selective Fabrication of Copper Traces on Polymers by Electroplating. Polymers (Basel) 2022; 14:polym14040781. [PMID: 35215694 PMCID: PMC8875099 DOI: 10.3390/polym14040781] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2022] [Revised: 02/12/2022] [Accepted: 02/14/2022] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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The selective deposition of metals on dielectric materials is widely used in the electronic industry, making electro-conductive connections between circuit elements. We report a new low-cost laser-assisted method for the selective deposition of copper tracks on polymer surfaces by electroplating. The technique uses a laser for the selective modification of the polymer surface. The electrical conductivity of some polymers could be increased due to laser irradiation. Polyimide samples were treated using nanosecond and picosecond lasers working at a 1064 nm wavelength. An electro-conductive graphene-like layer was formed on the polymer surface after the laser treatment with selected parameters, and the copper layer thickness of 5–20 µm was deposited on the modified surface by electroplating. The selective laser-assisted electroplating technology allows the fabrication of copper tracks on complex shape dielectric materials. The technology could be used in the manufacturing of molded interconnect devices (MID).
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- Vitalij Fiodorov
- Department of Laser Technologies, Center for Physical Sciences and Technology, Savanoriu Ave. 231, LT-02300 Vilnius, Lithuania; (K.R.); (R.T.); (G.R.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +370-6286-2878
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- Department of Laser Technologies, Center for Physical Sciences and Technology, Savanoriu Ave. 231, LT-02300 Vilnius, Lithuania; (K.R.); (R.T.); (G.R.)
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Center for Physical Sciences and Technology, Sauletekio Ave. 3, LT-10257 Vilnius, Lithuania;
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- Department of Laser Technologies, Center for Physical Sciences and Technology, Savanoriu Ave. 231, LT-02300 Vilnius, Lithuania; (K.R.); (R.T.); (G.R.)
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Center for Physical Sciences and Technology, Sauletekio Ave. 3, LT-10257 Vilnius, Lithuania;
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- Department of Laser Technologies, Center for Physical Sciences and Technology, Savanoriu Ave. 231, LT-02300 Vilnius, Lithuania; (K.R.); (R.T.); (G.R.)
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Kaare K, Yu E, Volperts A, Dobele G, Zhurinsh A, Dyck A, Niaura G, Tamasauskaite-Tamasiunaite L, Norkus E, Andrulevičius M, Danilson M, Kruusenberg I. Highly Active Wood-Derived Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Catalyst for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction. ACS OMEGA 2020; 5:23578-23587. [PMID: 32984677 PMCID: PMC7512441 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.0c01974] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2020] [Accepted: 08/13/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
Abstract
In this recent decade, great interest has risen to develop metal-free and cheap, biomass-derived electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). Herein, we report a facile strategy to synthesize an electrochemically active nanocarbon material from the renewable and biological resource, wood biomass. The ORR activity of the catalyst material was investigated in 0.1 M KOH solution by employing the rotating disc electrode method. Scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and Raman spectroscopy were employed to obtain more information about the catalyst material's morphology and composition. The material exhibits outstanding electrocatalytic activity with low onset potential and high current density, similar to that of a commercial Pt/C catalyst in an alkaline medium. The results clearly ascertain that wooden biomass can be easily transformed into novel carbon nanostructures with superior ORR activity and possibility to be used in fuel cells and metal-air batteries.
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- Kätlin Kaare
- Institute
of Chemistry, University of Tartu, Ravila 14a, 50411 Tartu, Estonia
- National
Institute of Chemical Physics and Biophysics, Akadeemia tee 23, 10213 Tallinn, Estonia
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- Department
of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California at Berkeley, Gilman Hall, Berkeley 94720, California, United States of America
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- Latvian
State Institute of Wood Chemistry, Dzerbenes street 27, Riga LV-1006, Latvia
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- Latvian
State Institute of Wood Chemistry, Dzerbenes street 27, Riga LV-1006, Latvia
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- Latvian
State Institute of Wood Chemistry, Dzerbenes street 27, Riga LV-1006, Latvia
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- DLR
Institute of Networked Energy Systems, Urban
and Residential Technologies, Carl-von-Ossietzky-Str. 15, 26129 Oldenburg, Germany
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- State
Research Institute Center for Physical Sciences and Technology, Savanoriu̧ ave. 231, LT-02300 Vilnius, Lithuania
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- State
Research Institute Center for Physical Sciences and Technology, Savanoriu̧ ave. 231, LT-02300 Vilnius, Lithuania
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- Institute
of Materials Science of Kaunas University of Technology, Barsausko str. 59, Kaunas LT-51423, Lithuania
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- Laboratory
of Optoelectronic Materials Physics, Department of Materials and Environmental
Technology, Tallinn University of Technology, Ehitajate tee 5, 19086 Tallinn, Estonia
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- National
Institute of Chemical Physics and Biophysics, Akadeemia tee 23, 10213 Tallinn, Estonia
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Daniyal M, Liu B, Wang W. Comprehensive Review on Graphene Oxide for Use in Drug Delivery System. Curr Med Chem 2020; 27:3665-3685. [PMID: 30706776 DOI: 10.2174/13816128256661902011296290] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2018] [Revised: 11/06/2019] [Accepted: 12/11/2019] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Motivated by the accomplishment of carbon nanotubes (CNTs), graphene and graphene oxide (GO) has been widely investigated in the previous studies as an innovative medication nanocarrier for the loading of a variety of therapeutics as well as anti-cancer medications, poor dissolvable medications, antibiotics, antibodies, peptides, DNA, RNA and genes. Graphene provides the ultra-high drug-loading efficiency due to the wide surface area. Graphene and graphene oxide have been widely investigated for biomedical applications due to their exceptional qualities: twodimensional planar structure, wide surface area, chemical and mechanical constancy, sublime conductivity and excellent biocompatibility. Due to these unique qualities, GO applications provide advanced drug transports frameworks and transports of a broad range of therapeutics. In this review, we discussed the latest advances and improvements in the uses of graphene and GO for drug transport and nanomedicine. Initially, we have described what is graphene and graphene oxide. After that, we discussed the qualities of GO as a drug carrier, utilization of GO in drug transport applications, targeted drug transport, transport of anticancer medications, chemical control medicine releasee, co-transport of different medications, comparison of GO with CNTs, nano-graphene for drug transport and at last, we have discussed the graphene toxicity. Finally, we draw a conclusion of current expansion and the potential outlook for the future.
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- Muhammad Daniyal
- TCM and Ethnomedicine Innovation & Development International Laboratory, Innovative Materia Medica Research Institute, School of Pharmacy, Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, Changsha 410208, China
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- College of Biology, Hunan Province Key Laboratory of Plant Functional Genomics and Developmental Regulation, State Key Laboratory of Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China
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- TCM and Ethnomedicine Innovation & Development International Laboratory, Innovative Materia Medica Research Institute, School of Pharmacy, Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, Changsha 410208, China
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Laurinavičius L, Radzevič A, Ignatjev I, Niaura G, Vitkutė K, Širšinaitis T, Trusovas R, Pauliukaite R. Investigation of electrochemical polymerisation of L-lysine and application for immobilisation of functionalised graphene as platform for electrochemical sensing. Electrochim Acta 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2019.01.079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Synthesis of Reduced Graphene Oxide with Adjustable Microstructure Using Regioselective Reduction in the Melt of Boric Acid: Relationship Between Structural Properties and Electrochemical Performance. NANOMATERIALS 2018; 8:nano8110889. [PMID: 30388766 PMCID: PMC6266621 DOI: 10.3390/nano8110889] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2018] [Revised: 10/25/2018] [Accepted: 10/27/2018] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The melt of H3BO3 was used to reach a controllable reduced graphene oxide (rGO) synthesis protocol using a graphene oxide (GO) precursor. Thermogravimetric analysis and differential scanning calorimetry (TG/DSC) investigation and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) images have shown that different from GO powder, reduction of GO in the melt of H3BO3 leads to the formation of less disordered structure of basal graphene planes. Threefold coordinated boron atom acts as a scavenger of oxygen atoms during the process of GO reduction. Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) spectra of synthesized products have shown that the complex of glycerol and H3BO3 acts as a regioselective catalyst in epoxide ring-opening reaction and suppress the formation of ketone C=O functional groups at vacancy sites. Thermal treatment at 800 °C leads to the increased concentration of point defects in the backbone structure of rGO. Synthesized materials were tested electrochemically. The electrochemical performance of these materials essentially differs depending on the preparation protocol. The highest charge/discharge rate and double-layer capacitance were found for a sample synthesized in the melt of H3BO3 in the presence of glycerol and treated at 800 °C. The effect of optimal porosity and high electrical conductivity on the electrochemical performance of prepared materials also were studied.
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Ibarra-Hernández A, Vega-Rios A, Osuna V. Synthesis of Graphite Oxide with Different Surface Oxygen Contents Assisted Microwave Radiation. NANOMATERIALS 2018; 8:nano8020106. [PMID: 29438280 PMCID: PMC5853737 DOI: 10.3390/nano8020106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2018] [Revised: 02/02/2018] [Accepted: 02/05/2018] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Graphite oxide is synthesized via oxidation reaction using oxidant compounds that have lattice defects by the incorporation of unlike functional groups. Herein, we report the synthesis of the graphite oxide with diverse surface oxygen content through three (B, C, D) different modified versions of the Hummers method assisted microwave radiation compared with the conventional graphite oxide sample obtained by Hummers method (A). These methods allow not only the production of graphite oxide but also reduced graphene oxide, without undergoing chemical, thermal, or mechanical reduction steps. The values obtained of C/O ratio were ~2, 3.4, and ~8.5 for methodologies C, B, and D, respectively, indicating the presence of graphite oxide and reduced graphene oxide, according to X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. Raman spectroscopy of method D shows the fewest structural defects compared to the other methodologies. The results obtained suggest that the permanganate ion produces reducing species during graphite oxidation. The generation of these species is attributed to a reversible reaction between the permanganate ion with π electrons, ions, and radicals produced after treatment with microwave radiation.
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- Adriana Ibarra-Hernández
- Centro de Investigación en Materiales Avanzados, S.C., Miguel de Cervantes No. 120, Chihuahua 31136, Chihuahua., Mexico.
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- Centro de Investigación en Materiales Avanzados, S.C., Miguel de Cervantes No. 120, Chihuahua 31136, Chihuahua., Mexico.
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- Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONACYT)-Centro de Investigación en Materiales Avanzados, S.C., Miguel de Cervantes No. 120., Chihuahua 31136, Chihuahua., Mexico.
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Kumar R, Singh RK, Singh DP, Joanni E, Yadav RM, Moshkalev SA. Laser-assisted synthesis, reduction and micro-patterning of graphene: Recent progress and applications. Coord Chem Rev 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2017.03.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 149] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Kumar R, Singh RK, Savu R, Dubey PK, Kumar P, Moshkalev SA. Microwave-assisted synthesis of void-induced graphene-wrapped nickel oxide hybrids for supercapacitor applications. RSC Adv 2016. [DOI: 10.1039/c6ra00426a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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A simple and fast microwave irradiation technique has been used to synthesize void-induced with graphene-wrapped nickel oxide (VGWN) hybrids. The VGWN hybrid material provides long term cyclic stability and excellent electrochemical performance.
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- Rajesh Kumar
- Centre for Semiconductor Components
- State University of Campinas (UNICAMP)
- 13083-870 Campinas
- Brazil
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- Department of Physics
- Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University)
- Varanasi 221005
- India
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- Centre for Semiconductor Components
- State University of Campinas (UNICAMP)
- 13083-870 Campinas
- Brazil
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- Nanotechnology Application Centre
- University of Allahabad
- Allahabad 211002
- India
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- Centre for Materials Architecturing
- Korea Institute of Science and Technology
- Seoul 136-791
- Republic of Korea
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- Centre for Semiconductor Components
- State University of Campinas (UNICAMP)
- 13083-870 Campinas
- Brazil
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Venckus T, Celiešiūtė R, Radzevič A, Rakickas T, Vaitekonis Š, Ruželė Ž, Pauliukaite R. Application of Polyfolates in the Development of Electrochemical Glucose Biosensors. ELECTROANAL 2014. [DOI: 10.1002/elan.201400293] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Celiešiūtė R, Venckus T, Vaitekonis Š, Pauliukaite R. Electrosynthesis and characterisation of poly(folic acid) films. Electrochim Acta 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2014.06.103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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