Dry ice-mediated rational synthesis of edge-carboxylated crumpled graphene nanosheets for selective and prompt hydrolysis of cellulose and eucalyptus lignocellulose under ambient reaction conditions
Hassan Idris Abdu, Kamel Eid, Aboubakr M. Abdullah, Mostafa H. Sliem, Ahmed A. Elzatahry, Xiaoquan Lu
Abstract
Edge-carboxylated graphene (ECG) crumpled nanosheets with tuneable COOH content were synthesized by a facile one pot approach for selective hydrolysis of cellulose to glucose and eucalyptus to xylose and glucose under ambient conditions.
Topics & Concepts
CelluloseHydrolysisGrapheneChemical engineeringXyloseMaterials scienceEucalyptusChemistryOrganic chemistryNanotechnologyFermentationEcologyBiologyEngineeringCatalysis for Biomass ConversionSupercapacitor Materials and FabricationBiofuel production and bioconversion