Facile template-free synthesis of multifunctional 3D cellular carbon from edible rice paper

  • chair:

    Islam, M. / Weidler, P.G. / Heissler, S. / Magera, D. / Korvink, J. G. (2020)
  • place:

    RSC Adv., 2020, 10, 16616-16628, DOI: 10.1039/D0RA01447H
  • Date: April 2020

Abstract

Edible rice paper wrapper is found to be an interesting precursor of a porous and light-weight carbon material. During pyrolysis, material samples show significant differences in length change, displaying typical 20–25% shrinking in the in-plane directions, and strongly expanding (up to 500%) across their out-of-plane direction. This results in a template-free synthesis of a 3D network of cellular carbon material. The out-of-plane expansion also allows for fabrication of 3D shapes of cellular carbon material from the 2D precursor. The rice paper derived carbon material features a hierarchical porosity, resulting in a specific surface area ranging from 6 m2 g−1 to 239 m2 g−1 depending on the synthesis temperature. The carbon material has a density of 0.02–0.03 g cm−3, and a higher modulus-density ratio than reported for other cellular carbon materials. It is mechanically stiff and exhibits excellent fire-resistant properties.

 

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