Issue 5, 2011

Graphenenanosheet: synthesis, molecular engineering, thin film, hybrids, and energy and analytical applications

Abstract

The emergence of graphene nanosheet (GN, 2010 Nobel Prize for Physics) has recently opened up an exciting new field in the science and technology of two-dimensional (2D) nanomaterials with continuously growing academic and technological impetus. GN exhibits unique electronic, optical, magnetic, thermal and mechanical properties arising from its strictly 2D structure and thus has many important technical applications. Actually, GN-based materials have enormous potential to rival or even surpass the performance of carbon nanotube-based counterparts, given that cheap, large-scale production and processing methods for high-quality GN become available. Therefore, the studies on GN in the aspects of chemistry, physical, materials, biology and interdisciplinary science have been in full flow in the past five years. In this critical review, from the viewpoint of chemistry and materials, we will cover recent significant advances in synthesis, molecular engineering, thin film, hybrids, and energy and analytical applications of the “star-material” GN together with discussion on its major challenges and opportunities for future GN research (315 references).

Graphical abstract: Graphene nanosheet: synthesis, molecular engineering, thin film, hybrids, and energy and analytical applications

Article information

Article type
Critical Review
Submitted
13 Aug 2010
First published
31 Jan 2011

Chem. Soc. Rev., 2011,40, 2644-2672

Graphene nanosheet: synthesis, molecular engineering, thin film, hybrids, and energy and analytical applications

S. Guo and S. Dong, Chem. Soc. Rev., 2011, 40, 2644 DOI: 10.1039/C0CS00079E

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