Capacitive and Sensing Responses of Biomass Derived Silver Decorated Graphene

Capacitive performance of porous carbon nanosheets derived from biomass cornstalk

Porous carbon nanosheets (aCS) formed by carbonization and chemical activation of biomass cornstalk are presented for capacitive energy storage. The obtained carbon possesses a two-dimensional (2D) sheet-like structure which is mainly composed of abundant micropores. Depending on the amount of KOH used in the activation step, the specific surface area of the carbon sheets varies from 388 to 173...

Silver-nanoparticle-decorated carbon nanoscaffolds: Application as a sensing platform

Cluster-assembled nanostructured carbon with a fractal morphology is employed as a large-area surface scaffold for metal decoration. By depositing silver by pulsed laser ablation densely packed, distributions of metal nanoparticles are produced. The authors show, using the surface-enhanced Raman effect and the modification of fluorescence quantum yields near metallic surfaces, that silver-coate...

Inorganic Nanostructures Decorated Graphene

Potentialities of polymeric electrospun membranes decorated with silver nanoparticles and graphene oxide for biodetection by SERS

Electrospun nanofibres are highly attractive products taking advantage of their remarkable specific surface area, high porosity and good transport properties that are ideal requirements for efficient molecule detection. In this work, fibres of polyacrylonitrile (PAN) were first prepared by electrospinning. These fibres were then coated with silver nanoparticles or silver/graphene nanocomposites...

Supercritical Fluid Synthesis and Tribological Applications of Silver Nanoparticle-decorated Graphene in Engine Oil Nanofluid

Silver nanoparticle-decorated graphene nanocomposites were synthesized by a facile chemical reduction approach with the assistance of supercritical CO2 (ScCO2). The silver nanoparticles with diameters of 2-16 nm are uniformly distributed and firmly anchored on graphene nanosheets. The tribological properties of the as-synthesized nanocomposites as lubricant additives in engine oil were investig...