TY - JOUR
T1 - N-Doped Graphenelike Nanostructures from p-Nitro Aniline-Based Foam
T2 - Formation, Structure, and Applications as a Nanofiller
AU - Tiwari, Santosh K.
AU - Chen, Ding
AU - Chen, Yu
AU - Ola, Oluwafunmilola
AU - Ma, Zhiyuan
AU - Liu, Guangsheng
A2 - Thummavichai, Kunyapat
A2 - Wang, Nannan
A2 - Zhu, Yanqiu
N1 - 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.
PY - 2022/2/1
Y1 - 2022/2/1
N2 - 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.
AB - 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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U2 - 10.1021/acsomega.1c05139
DO - 10.1021/acsomega.1c05139
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85123828653
SN - 2470-1343
VL - 7
SP - 3230
EP - 3239
JO - ACS Omega
JF - ACS Omega
IS - 4
M1 - 4
ER -