Ndlwana, L.; Raleie, N.; Dimpe, M.; Ogutu, H.; Motsa, M.M.; Mamba, B.B. Sustainable Hydrothermal and Solvothermal Synthetic Approaches for Advanced Carbon Materials in Multidimensional Applications: A Review. Preprints2021, 2021040272. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202104.0272.v1
APA Style
Ndlwana, L., Raleie, N., Dimpe, M., Ogutu, H., Motsa, M.M., & Mamba, B.B. (2021). Sustainable Hydrothermal and Solvothermal Synthetic Approaches for Advanced Carbon Materials in Multidimensional Applications: A Review. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202104.0272.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
Ndlwana, L., Mxolisi M Motsa and Bhekie Brilliance Mamba. 2021 "Sustainable Hydrothermal and Solvothermal Synthetic Approaches for Advanced Carbon Materials in Multidimensional Applications: A Review" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202104.0272.v1
Abstract
There is great importance and need of improving existing carbon materials fabrication methods. As such, this work proposes to discuss, interrogate, and propose viable hydrothermal, solvothermal, and other advanced carbon materials synthetic methods. The advanced carbon materials to be interrogated will include the synthesis of carbon dots, carbon nanotubes, nitrogen/titania-doped carbons, graphene quantum dots, and their nanocomposites with solid/polymeric/metal oxide supports. This will be done with special mind to microwave-assisted solvothermal and hydrothermal synthesis due to their favourable properties such as rapidity, low cost, and green/environmentally-friendliness. Thus, these methods are important during the current and future synthesis and modification of advanced carbon materials for application in energy, gas separation, sensing, and water treatment. Simultaneously, the work will pay special cognizance to methods reducing the fabrication costs and environmental impact while enhancing the properties as a direct result of the synthesis methods. As a direct result, the expectation is to impart a significant contribution to the scientific body of work regarding the improvement of the said fabrication methods.
Keywords
carbon materials synthesis and functionalization; energy; graphene; gas separation; hydrothermal and solvothermal carbonization; microwave-assisted synthesis; nanocomposite membranes; sensing; water treatment
Subject
Chemistry and Materials Science, Biomaterials
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