Facile template-free synthesis of multifunctional 3D cellular carbon from edible rice paper.

ABSTRACT: Edible rice paper wrapper is found to be an interesting precursor of a porous and light-weight carbon material. During pyrolysis, material samples show significant differences in length change, displaying typical 20-25% shrinking in the in-plane directions, and strongly expanding (up to 500%) across their out-of-plane direction. This results in a template-free synthesis of a 3D network of cellular carbon material. The out-of-plane expansion also allows for fabrication of 3D shapes of cellular carbon material from the 2D precursor. The rice paper derived carbon material features a hierarchical porosity, resulting in a specific surface area ranging from 6 m² g^-1 to 239 m² g^-1 depending on the synthesis temperature. The carbon material has a density

SUBMITTER: Islam M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9053079 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature