N-Doped Graphenelike Nanostructures from p-Nitro Aniline-Based Foam: Formation, Structure, and Applications as a Nanofiller

Tiwari, Santosh K., Chen, Ding, Chen, Yu, Thummavichai, Kunyapat, Ola, Oluwafunmilola, Ma, Zhiyuan, Liu, Guangsheng, Wang, Nannan and Zhu, Yanqiu (2022) N-Doped Graphenelike Nanostructures from p-Nitro Aniline-Based Foam: Formation, Structure, and Applications as a Nanofiller. ACS Omega, 7 (4). pp. 3230-3239. ISSN 2470-1343

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Abstract

Production of snake foam based on p-nitro aniline (PNA) was considered fun in old-school chemistry laboratories. Herein, we report the fabrication of a new carbon nanomaterial from PNA-based foam. The resulting material, resembling graphene and consisting of nitrogen heteroatoms, is N-doped graphenelike nanostructures, and their morphology, structure, and stability are comprehensively examined using combined techniques including C-13 NMR spectroscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), and X-ray diffraction (XRD). An optimized route was also established for their large-scale production. Further experimental validation of them as a nanofiller in polymer [SEBS (20 wt %) and paraffin wax (80 wt %)]-based nanocomposites was carried out, and we found that the thermomechanical properties of the nanocomposites were synchronously improved, which was attributed to the enshrouding effect of the nanofiller to the polymer chains. Owing to their good thermomechanical property and low-cost feature, these new nanomaterials can be further explored as a promising candidate for applications in energy storage, catalysis, and CO2 capture.

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Additional Information: Funding Information: This work was supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation (51972068), Natural Science Foundation of Guangxi (2020JJB160053), and Guangxi Key Laboratory of Manufacturing Systems and Advanced Manufacturing Technology (20-065-40S007). The authors thank Man Mohan Shukla of IIT Kanpur, India, for the reaction mechanism discussion and illustration.
Subjects: F100 Chemistry
Department: Faculties > Engineering and Environment > Mathematics, Physics and Electrical Engineering
Depositing User: Rachel Branson
Date Deposited: 10 Jan 2023 11:10
Last Modified: 10 Jan 2023 11:15
URI: https://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/51112

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