Graphene-polypyrrole (GP) nanocomposites were synthesized by a wet-way protocol using graphite bisulfate (GBS) precursor. Consequently, GBS, type of intercalation compound, was prepared in the presence concentrated sulfuric acid potassium periodate oxidizer. Three different types precursor with particle sizes <50 μm, ≥150, ≤830 and ≤2000 μm used for this purpose. It found that Raman spectra ...

The fullerenes, carbon nanotubes, and graphene have enriched the family of carbon allotropes over the last few decades. Synthetic carbon allotropes (SCAs) have attracted chemists, physicists, and materials scientists because of the sheer multitude of their aesthetically pleasing structures and, more so, because of their outstanding and often unprecedented properties. They consist of fully conju...

The structure of iodine monochloride (ICl) intercalated into graphite (GIC) has been revisited, and a stage 1 stoichiometry about 10 carbon atoms to ICl molecule is determined. Intercalation proceeds readily at room temperature without additional energy input. A chainlike alternating halogen species proposed for the intercalation layer based on detailed Raman spectroscopic analysis ab initio ca...

Despite their ubiquitous usage and increasing societal dependence on Li-ion batteries, there remains a lack of detailed empirical evidence Li intercalation/deintercalation into graphite even though this process dictates the performance, longevity, safety system. Here, we report direct detection dissociation specific crystallographic phases in lithiated graphite, which form through stepwise stag...

The adsorption of molecular hydrogen (H2) in the graphite intercalation compound KC24 is studied both experimentally and theoretically. High-resolution inelastic neutron data show spectral features consistent with a strong pinning of H2 along a single axis. First-principles calculations provide novel insight into the nature of H2 binding in intercalates but fail to account for the symmetry of t...

A unique combination of adsorption and electrochemical regeneration with a proprietary adsorbent material called Nyex 100 was introduced at the University of Manchester for waste water treatment applications. Nyex 100 is based on graphite intercalation compound. It is non porous and electrically conducing adsorbent material. This material exhibited very small BET surface area i.e. 2.75 mg, in c...

> In this paper a chemical method applied to synthesize exfoliated graphite (EG) is presented. In this method graphite intercalation compound (GIC) was firstly <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000...