Graphene from amorphous titanium carbide by chlorination under 200 °C and atmospheric pressures

Low voltage environmentally friendly plasma electrolytic oxidation process for titanium alloys

Plasma electrolytic oxidation (PEO) is a surface-treatment process extensively used to protect the surfaces of light metals such as Mg, Al, and Ti. Here, we report an environmentally friendly PEO process that uses nitrogen-containing electrolytes and low voltages (120 V) to form ~ 12 micron thick, uniform, adherent and porous oxide coatings on T1 titanium alloy surfaces. We evaluated the influence of nitrogenation by comparing the coatings to alloys treated in PEO baths without nitrogen-containing compounds. Both sets of samples exhibited basalt-like morphologies with distinct variation in the pore structures. The composition analyses showed that the coatings were primarily composites of titanium oxides and silicates. The T1 Ti alloys treated with nitrogen-containing electrolytes also contained TiC and TiN. This is the first ever report of producing Ti_xO_y, Ti–Si–O, TiC, and TiN composite coatings using a single PEO bath without carbide/nitride nanoparticles. The bandgaps of the coatings suggested visible light functionality. The use of nitrogen-based compounds in the PEO baths improved the hardness of the oxide layers but introduced stress-induced cracking which are potentially responsible for the reduction in corrosion resistance of the nitride and carbide containing coatings.

Fabrication of large size graphene and Ti- MWCNTs/ large size graphene composites: their photocatalytic properties and potential application

Large size graphene (LSG) and multiwall carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) on LSG were synthesized on a copper surface via chemical vapor deposition (CVD) at low temperature and normal pressure. The LSG were formed through an easy chemical cyclic reaction in which liquid benzene was heated to a temperature below its boiling point to create benzene vapors as graphene precursor material. The reaction mechanism was observed, and the time-dependent analysis of the reaction revealed that mounds of the carbon nanotubes had grown as a result of the island that was found on the LSG sheet. The implications of the mechanism that we have introduced were investigated by coating a titanium sheet on the MWCNTs/LSG and LSG on the semiconductor electronic device. The photonic response was observed to be markedly high, which can be attributed to the positive synergetic effect between the Ti and LSG sheet of our prepared composites.