Room temperature synthesis of 3D-nanocrystalline graphitic carbon from biomass-derived sugars, alcohols, and polyphenolic compounds.

ABSTRACT: Nanocrystalline carbon materials exhibit promising potential for sustainable and high-performance applications in electronics, energy storage, and environmental technologies. While sugars are abundant and renewable, converting them to graphitic carbon usually requires high temperature treatment. Here, we present a groundbreaking approach for synthesizing nanocrystalline carbon from readily available sugars such as glucose, fructose, and sucrose at ambient pressure and temperature. This novel method involves electrochemical reduction on a negatively charged Ag surface coupled with intermolecular dehydration between the organic precursors. By applying relatively low potentials ranging from -1.2 to -1.6 V vs. Ag/AgCl, and with the presence of hydrogen peroxide, oxygenic carbon precurso

SUBMITTER: Simanullang WF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11302145 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature