Wood + laser = graphene? The scientists really did!

Scientists at Rice University have succeeded in creating graphene through a "highly renewable" and common resource, which is wood! In 2014, a team of chemists led by James Tour developed a process for fabricating 3D graphene foam by heating a polymer surface with a laser, which is called “laser mutagenesis graphene” ( Laser-induced graphene), abbreviated as LIG. Now, they have used this technology in the latest research results.


The new process is called "pine laser-induced graphene" (P-LIG for short)

New Atlas pointed out that the problem with LIG is that only a specific type of plastic (Polyimide) can be used until Rice University's research team realizes that certain woods (such as Pine/Pine) have similar mechanical structures.

Based on this, they used industrial lasers to heat a piece of pine (in an oxygen-free environment), which turned the wood surface into graphene foam. After continuous trial and error, they found that 70% of the laser energy is best suited to induce the conversion of pine wood to graphene.

Although there is still a long way to go from commercial use, the research team hopes that the technology will one day help reduce the growing problem of e-waste. Details of this research have been published in the recently published Academic Journal of Advanced Materials.

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