Nature Communications (Nov 2016)

Growing three-dimensional biomorphic graphene powders using naturally abundant diatomite templates towards high solution processability

  • Ke Chen,
  • Cong Li,
  • Liurong Shi,
  • Teng Gao,
  • Xiuju Song,
  • Alicja Bachmatiuk,
  • Zhiyu Zou,
  • Bing Deng,
  • Qingqing Ji,
  • Donglin Ma,
  • Hailin Peng,
  • Zuliang Du,
  • Mark Hermann Rümmeli,
  • Yanfeng Zhang,
  • Zhongfan Liu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13440
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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High-volume, low-cost production of graphene is pivotal for the industrial advance of this 2D material. Here, the authors make use of naturally occurring diatomite as a 3D substrate for graphene growth, obtaining non-planar porous graphene structures after removal of the silica templates.