{"title":"A Roadmap for the Chalcogenide-graphene Composites Formation Under a Glassy Regime","authors":"A. Singh, T. Jen","doi":"10.2174/2452273204999200918154642","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2174/2452273204999200918154642","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000\u0000Nano-composite is an innovative material having nano in which fillers dispersed\u0000in a matrix. Typ-ically, the structure is a matrix- filler combination, where the fillers like\u0000particles, fibers, or fragments are surrounded and bound together as discrete units by the matrix.\u0000The term nano-composite encompasses a wide range of materials right from three dimensional metal\u0000matrix composites to two dimensional lamellar composites. Therefore, the physical, chemical\u0000and biological properties of nano materials differ from the properties of individual atoms and\u0000molecules or bulk matter. The chalcogenide – graphene composites in glassy regime is the growing\u0000novel research topic in the area of composite material science. It is obvious to interpret such materials\u0000different physicochemical mechanism.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000The key objective of this research work to explore the internal physicochemical mechanism\u0000of the chalcogenide – graphene composites under the glassy regime. Including the prime\u0000chalcogen alloying element selenium amorphous atomic structure and their fullerene like bonding\u0000nature. By accommodating the essential properties of the stacked layers of bilayer graphene. The\u0000diffusion, compression and dispersion of the bilayer graphene in selenium rich ternary (X(1-x-y)-Y(x)-\u0000Z(y) + GF (bilayer graphene); X = Se, Y = Semimetal or metalloid, Z = None metal) alloys under\u0000the complex regime on and after thermal melting process are addressed.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000To synthesize the composite materials the well-known melt quenched\u0000method had adopted. More-over, to interpret the amorphous selenium (Se8) chains and rings molecular\u0000structures we had used vista software with an available CIF data file. While to show the\u0000armchair and zig-zag bonds with bilayer graphene structure the nanotube modeler simulation software\u0000has used.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000Outcomes of this study reveals the chalcogenide -graphene nano composite formation under\u0000a glassy regime changes the individual materials structural and other physical properties that is\u0000reflecting in different experimental evi-dences, therefore, the modified theoretical concepts for the\u0000different properties of such composite materials are interpreted in this study.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000The dispersion and diffusion of the high stiff graphene bonds in low dimension chalcogen\u0000rich alloys has been interpreted based on their quadric thermal expansion behaviour. In addition\u0000to this, a possible bond angle modification in the formation of X(1-x-y)-Y(x)-\u0000Z(y) + GF composites\u0000are also addressed. To interpret the distinct optical property behavior of the formed X(1-x-y)-Y(x)-\u0000Z(y)\u0000+ GF composites and parent chalcogenide glassy alloys a schematic model of the energy levels is\u0000also addressed.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000To make a better understating on the formation mechanism such composites, the diffusion\u0000and deformation of high stiff graphene σ and π bonds in a low dimension chalcogenide alloy\u0000basic mechanism are discussed on basis of novel “thermonic energy tunneling effect” concept,\u0000which could result in quadratic the","PeriodicalId":294135,"journal":{"name":"Current Graphene Science","volume":"6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-05-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125335429","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Withdrawal Notice: New Matter Properties and Applications based on Hybrid Graphene-based Metamaterials","authors":"A. Bracamonte","doi":"10.2174/2452273204999200528141157","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2174/2452273204999200528141157","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000\u0000The article has been withdrawn at the request of the authors of the journal Current Graphene Science.\u0000\u0000\u0000Bentham Science apologizes to its readers for any inconvenience this may have caused.\u0000\u0000\u0000The Bentham Editorial Policy on Article Withdrawal can be found at https://benthamscience.com/editorial-policies-main.php\u0000\u0000\u0000It is a condition of publication that manuscripts submitted to this journal have not been published and will not be simultaneously submitted or published elsewhere. Furthermore, any data, illustration, structure or table that has been published elsewhere must be reported, and copyright permission for reproduction must be obtained. Plagiarism is strictly forbidden, and by submit-ting the article for publication the authors agree that the publishers have the legal right to take appropriate action against the authors, if plagiarism or fabricated information is discovered. By submitting a manuscript, the authors agree that the copyright of their article is transferred to the publishers if and when the article is accepted for publication.","PeriodicalId":294135,"journal":{"name":"Current Graphene Science","volume":"6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-05-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130610490","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
R. Gupta, K. Mensah-Darkwa, R. Tabi, M. Owusu, Tenzin Ingsel, P. Kahol
{"title":"Recent Advancement in MoS2 for Hydrogen Evolution Reactions","authors":"R. Gupta, K. Mensah-Darkwa, R. Tabi, M. Owusu, Tenzin Ingsel, P. Kahol","doi":"10.2174/2452273204666200303124226","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2174/2452273204666200303124226","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000\u0000The economic growth of any country depends on certain factors of which energy is a part\u0000and even prominent. The global economy has depended heavily on fossil fuels as the main source of\u0000reliable energy for so many decades. Their adverse long-term impact on society has led to a substantial\u0000increase in research activities both in industry and academia. Most of the research has been dominated\u0000by the development of green energy technologies and the expansion of such technologies in\u0000order to meet increasing future demands of energy. Prominent among the research drive is the development\u0000of fuel cells, whose driving force comes from hydrogen. This is because hydrogen is economical\u0000considering its relative abundance, low cost, yet high activity in production. Materials such\u0000as Pt, C, Fe, MoS2 have gained popularity in the production of hydrogen for use in fuel cell devices.\u0000The high efficiency of MoS2, amorphous or crystalline, in hydrogen evolution reactions (HER) depends\u0000on a suitable architecture that increases the exposure of its edge sites. Such architecture could\u0000be determined by the design of catalysts in terms of proportions of molybdenum and dopant ions, the\u0000composite structure between MoS2 and electrically conductive materials, synthesis temperature and\u0000the synthesis method. Therefore, a review is made on recent achievements for different nanoarchitectures\u0000of MoS2 as well as its composite structures for use as electro-catalysts in HER performance\u0000and future prospects.\u0000","PeriodicalId":294135,"journal":{"name":"Current Graphene Science","volume":"23 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-03-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133381671","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Recent advances in graphene based nano-composites for automotive and off-highway vehicle applications","authors":"R. Kandasamy","doi":"10.2174/2452273203666191104150025","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2174/2452273203666191104150025","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000\u0000Nano-composites comprised of a polymer matrix and various types of nanosized fillers have remained as one of the most important engineering materials and continue to draw great interest in the research community and industry. In particular, graphene based nano-composites with high thermal conductivity, excellent mechanical, electrical and optical properties, becomes important and promising filler for making the next generation, high performance composite materials.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000Automotive and off-highway machinery industry are extensively viewed as being the industry in which the highest volume of advanced composite materials such as graphene based nano-composites will be used in the future to produce lighter, stronger, more energy-efficient, and safe vehicles. Design, modeling, analyzing and methods for large-scale production of the graphene based nano-composites in automotive and off-highway machinery applications considering it’s mechanical, functional and interface properties between the graphene and polymer matrix under severe loading conditions is challenging, potentially due to nonlinear properties, joining of dissimilar materials and high demand of computations. While graphene based material strategies have been investigated and demonstrated to be effective for structural application in various industries includes electronics, electromechanical and energy systems, currently there is limited research highlighting the specific knowledge available for design engineers and researchers concerned with lightweight and stronger solutions by use of graphene based materials for automotive off-highway vehicle applications.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000The present review presents, an overview of the latest studies that utilize graphene-based nanomaterials and their composites in automotive and off-highway machinery applications. First, the paper describes the concept of traditional composites used in present engineering industries considering its advantages and limitations, then highlights the key benefits of using nanostructured carbon material, such as graphene through some recent studies available in the literature. Then depicts the various mechanisms of integrating graphene as polymer reinforcements within composite materials, which have been found based on the survey, and their related modeling, designing, and manufacturing capabilities suitable for automotive and off-highway machinery industry. Finally outlines the available experimental evidence for graphene based composites. In order to lay the groundwork for future work in this exciting area, the paper discusses close by several future prospects as well as the current challenges in this field. \u0000","PeriodicalId":294135,"journal":{"name":"Current Graphene Science","volume":"39 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-11-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114715004","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Manorama Singh, Smita R. Bhardiya, F. Verma, V. Rai, Ankita Rai
{"title":"Graphene-based Nanomaterials for Fabrication of ‘Pesticide’ Electrochemical Sensors","authors":"Manorama Singh, Smita R. Bhardiya, F. Verma, V. Rai, Ankita Rai","doi":"10.2174/2452273203666191007143008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2174/2452273203666191007143008","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000\u0000At present, graphene is one of the most up-to-date materials and it can be applied for various\u0000energy conversion devices and sensor technology. In this review article, our main focus is to\u0000summarize the role of graphene and its modified surface leading to develop hybrid nanomaterials and\u0000its applications in fabrication of pesticide sensor. Graphene based materials demonstrate exclusive\u0000electrochemical and optical properties as well as compatibility to absorb a variety of bio-molecules\u0000through π-π stacking interaction and/or electrostatics interaction, which make them ideal material to\u0000be employed in sensor application. The role of graphene is very crucial in preparing different unique\u0000and desirable hybrid functional composites along with nanoparticles, redox mediators, conducting\u0000polymers etc. to improve the performance of the sensors. Therefore, they can be easily used as a suitable\u0000material applying in fabrication of electrochemical sensors/ biosensors for the detection of organophosphorous\u0000and carbamate pesticides. A number of most recent reported works were discussed\u0000in which graphene-based hybrid composites show high sensitivity, good catalytic activity, selectivity\u0000towards the determination of pesticide either enzymatically or nonenzymatically. The properties of\u0000graphene (exceptional charge transport, thermal, optical, mechanical, high surface area, large pore\u0000volume and size, an opened ordered structure) play an important role in pesticide detection.\u0000","PeriodicalId":294135,"journal":{"name":"Current Graphene Science","volume":"25 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-10-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126462999","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. Sohaib, Adeel Ahmed, I. Aslam, M. Sagir, Jawaria Bin Faheem, A. Inayat, H. Talebian
{"title":"Recent advances in Photocatalysis for renewable energy production using Microbial Fuel Cell","authors":"M. Sohaib, Adeel Ahmed, I. Aslam, M. Sagir, Jawaria Bin Faheem, A. Inayat, H. Talebian","doi":"10.2174/2452273203666190919105313","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2174/2452273203666190919105313","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000\u0000Herein, the recent development and future perspectives of nanophotocatalysis has been discussed for the sustainable and green energy generation through microbial fuel cell (MFC). The artificial photosynthesis and biomass energy production methods have reviewed comprehensively. Further, the fabrication, fundamental aspects and purposes of MFC have been discussed to clearly elaborate the concept of energy production. A lot of effort have been done to convert light energy to biomass energy artificially which is then converted into electric or mechanical energy for further use. Recent age is facing plenty of challenges to convert the light energy to bioenergy.\u0000\u0000","PeriodicalId":294135,"journal":{"name":"Current Graphene Science","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-09-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131298301","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Hydrogen Energy Harvesting through nanomaterials under Solar Light Irradiation","authors":"N. R. Khalid, M. F. Malik, H. Min, S. Abbasi","doi":"10.2174/2452273203666190828212038","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2174/2452273203666190828212038","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000\u0000In this review, the evolution of hydrogen in combined cell system of Photoelectrocatalytic and microbial fuel disused. Hydrogen is used as chemical fuel. Hydrogen is being produced through Photoelectrocatalytic method. The semiconductor material put into the water and irradiated with solar light after which the hydrogen produced by different steps and accumulated. Production of hydrogen also occur in microbial fuel cell system. These are electrochemical devices that initially used to treat the wastewater. But now this cell has entered into very interesting field of research which is Bioelectrochemical (BES). BES produces hydrogen using biomass as a catalyst using small consumption voltage rather than simple electrolysis of water. The first sections explain how hydrogen is produced individually by these two methods. And then we make comprehensive review on the evolution of hydrogen by combined microbial fuel and photoelectrocatalytic cell system, which is our main motive of writing this article. The continuous production of hydrogen by (PEC-MFC) hybrid device, using sunlight and splitting of water and electrohydrogenesis of microbial cell in fusion device (PEC-MFC) were also reported. This method gives continuous production of hydrogen using wastewater under solar light and also gives the treatment of wastewater. It is the clean energy source and also fulfills the today’s demand of energy. At last, a review on production of hydrogen by microbial photoelectrochemical system which is constructed by photocathode of semiconductor material and an anode of microbial. Production of hydrogen was continuously achieved without external voltage under ultraviolet irradiation.\u0000","PeriodicalId":294135,"journal":{"name":"Current Graphene Science","volume":"10 9 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-08-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132596489","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Renewable Energy Power for A Sustainable Energy for Future","authors":"M. F. Malik, M. Pervaiz, A. Inayat","doi":"10.2174/2452273203666190828163601","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2174/2452273203666190828163601","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000\u0000Energy is a fundamental aspect in human life. It acts as blood for humans. No energy means no facility and frozen life activities. It needs for agricultural, economics and in domestic level etc. demands of energy is increasing day by day as increases population especially in developing countries. To meet energy requirement renewable energy is more efficient; no greenhouse effect, no emission of CO2, create least amount of resultant wastes, are sustainable base lying on existing and prospect financial and societal desire, no pollution and a safe environment to breathe freely. Mostly renewable energy comes as of ordinary source the same as wind energy, lunar and stellar energy, Bioenergy and hydropower energy etc.\u0000","PeriodicalId":294135,"journal":{"name":"Current Graphene Science","volume":"30 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-08-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125660139","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}