The Synthesis of Graphene from Coconut Shell Charcoal

Minto Supeno, Rikson Siburian, Desi Natalia

2019

Abstract

The hybrid coconut shell charcoal is sp3, after being mixed with activated carbon and heated to 600℃ for 1 hour it produces sp2 which shows the characterization of graphene. The process of making graphene in this study, namely coconut shell dried under sunlight then hydrolyzed into charcoal then mixed with activated carbon as a reducing agent at 600°C for 1 hour to produce graphene. The resulting graphene is characterized by XRD, SEM-EDX, XRF and BET. The results of the XRD analysis showed that the resulting peaks were not sharp and slightly broadened the diffraction peak at 24° and 44°. The results of SEM-EDX analysis at 4000x magnification showed smaller, thinner surface sizes and structural shapes and reduced buildup in the graphene structure. XRF analysis results show that there are still organic impurities. The results of graphene analysis with BET show the surface area of graphene 82.873 m2 / g with a pore volume of 0.116 cc / g.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Supeno M., Siburian R. and Natalia D. (2019). The Synthesis of Graphene from Coconut Shell Charcoal.In Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Chemical Science and Technology Innovation - Volume 1: ICOCSTI, ISBN 978-989-758-415-2, pages 39-44. DOI: 10.5220/0008839600390044

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icocsti19,
author={Minto Supeno and Rikson Siburian and Desi Natalia},
title={The Synthesis of Graphene from Coconut Shell Charcoal},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Chemical Science and Technology Innovation - Volume 1: ICOCSTI,},
year={2019},
pages={39-44},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0008839600390044},
isbn={978-989-758-415-2},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Chemical Science and Technology Innovation - Volume 1: ICOCSTI,
TI - The Synthesis of Graphene from Coconut Shell Charcoal
SN - 978-989-758-415-2
AU - Supeno M.
AU - Siburian R.
AU - Natalia D.
PY - 2019
SP - 39
EP - 44
DO - 10.5220/0008839600390044