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Production of multilayer graphene using molten Sn–Ni alloy as catalyst in a bubble column

  • Carbon Letters
  • Abbr : Carbon Lett.
  • 2024, 34(8), pp.2161-2169
  • DOI : 10.1007/s42823-024-00776-4
  • Publisher : Korean Carbon Society
  • Research Area : Natural Science > Natural Science General > Other Natural Sciences General
  • Received : November 20, 2024
  • Accepted : July 12, 2024
  • Published : December 5, 2024

He Yangdong 1 Wen Shaomu 2 Yang Wei 3 Qiao Changcang 4 Xie Ming 1 Chen Li 1 Yang Xinqi 4 Tang Yongliang 4

1Research Institute of Natural Gas Technology
2PetroChina Southwest Oil & Gasfield Company, Chengdu
3Research Institute of Natural Gas Technology, PetroChina Southwest Oil & Gasfield Company
4School of Physical Science and Technology, Southwest Jiaotong University

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ABSTRACT

The economical manufacturing of high-quality graphene has been a significant challenge in its large-scale application. Previously, we used molten Sn and Cu as the heat-transfer agent to produce multilayer graphene on the surface of gas bubbles in a bubble column. However, element Sn and Cu have poor catalytic activity toward methane pyrolysis. To further improve the yield of graphene, we have added active Ni into Sn to construct a Sn–Ni alloy in this work. The results show that Sn–Ni alloy is much more active for methane pyrolysis, and thus more graphene is obtained. However, the graphene product is more defective and thicker because of the faster growth rate. By using 300 ml molten Sn–Ni alloy (70 mm height) and 500 sccm source gas (CH4:Ar = 1:9), this approach produces graphene with a rate of 0.61 g/hr and a conversion rate of methane to carbon of 37.9% at 1250 ℃ and ambient pressure. The resulting graphene has an average atom layer number of 22, a crumpled structure and good electrical conductivity.

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