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Production and Applications of Biomass-Derived Graphene-Like Materials

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Carbonaceous materials like porous carbon, carbon nanotubes (CNTs), graphene, graphene oxide (GO), and activated carbon (AC) have received significant attention recently due to its diversity of potential applications. Among them, graphene has shown a great promise as it has a large surface area, superior electrical conductivity, as well as high thermal and chemical stability. Thus, graphene is applied in applications which include polymer composites, energy storage, fuel cell, and biomedical applications. To date, production of graphene is still actively being studied even though a single atomic layer of graphene has successfully been produced in 2004. This continuous study mainly in ensuring the yield of graphene can be improved to avoid the use of hazardous and toxic reagents. Nowadays, bio-waste materials are said to be a superior source for the production of carbon. In addition, bio-waste materials are abundant and proper disposal method is needed. Hence, preparation of graphene from waste and biomass precursors is a new approach to solve the aforementioned problem. In this chapter, the method of synthesizing graphene from various biomass sources such as glucose, rice husk, chitosan, corn stalk core, and plastic waste will be highlighted. In addition, the application of graphene derived from each bio-precursor for dye removal, adsorption of toxic and heavy metals, gas storage, and supercapacitors will be discussed in details.

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Acknowledgments

The corresponding author, Norhaniza Yusof, would like to acknowledge the financial support received from the Ministry of Education of Malaysia and Universiti Teknologi Malaysia under CRG 33.0 grant (Q.J130000.2451.08G26 and Q.J130000.2451.08G72), UTM-TDR grant (Q.J130000.3551.06G07), and UTMPR grant (Q.J130000.2851.00L41). The first author, Nur Fatihah Tajul Arifin, would like to acknowledge the Zamalah scholarship received under the Universiti Teknologi Malaysia.

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Arifin, N.F.T., Yusof, N. (2020). Production and Applications of Biomass-Derived Graphene-Like Materials. In: Kharissova, O., Martínez, L., Kharisov, B. (eds) Handbook of Nanomaterials and Nanocomposites for Energy and Environmental Applications. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-11155-7_22-1

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