Synthetic Methodologies for Carbon Nanomaterials

• Published in: Advanced materials (Weinheim) Vol. 22; no. 17; pp. 1963 - 1966
• Main Authors: Liu, Zhaoping, Zhou, Xufeng, Qian, Yitai
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Weinheim WILEY-VCH Verlag 04.05.2010; WILEY‐VCH Verlag
• Subjects: Carbon; Crystallization - methods; Electroplating - methods; Graphene; Materials Testing; Nanocables; Nanotubes; Nanotubes, Carbon - chemistry; Nanotubes, Carbon - ultrastructure; Synthesis
• ISSN: 0935-9648; 1521-4095
• DOI: 10.1002/adma.200903813

Carbon nanomaterials have advanced rapidly over the last two decades and are among the most promising materials that have already changed and will keep on changing human life. Development of synthetic methodologies for these materials, therefore, has been one of the most important subjects of carbon nanoscience and nanotechnology, and forms the basis for investigating the physicochemical properties and applications of carbon nanomaterials. In this Research News article, several synthetic strategies, including solvothermal reduction, solvothermal pyrolysis, hydrothermal carbonization, and soft‐chemical exfoliation are specifically discussed and highlighted, which have been developed for the synthesis of novel carbon nanomaterials over the last decade. A number of synthetic methodologies for carbon nanomaterial, including solvothermal reduction, solvothermal pyrolysis, hydrothermal carbonization, and soft‐chemical exfoliation are highlighted in this Research News article (see figure).