title: From biomass wastes to large-area, high-quality, N-doped graphene: catalyst-free carbonization of chitosan coatings on arbitrary substrates.
abstract: Chitosan is a N-containing biopolymer that can form high-quality films on glass, quartz, metals and other hydrophilic surfaces. Pyrolysis of chitosan films under argon at 800 °C and under inert atmosphere gives rise to high-quality single layer N-doped graphene films (over 99% transmittance) as evidenced by XPS, Raman spectroscopy, and TEM imaging.
authors.affiliation: Instituto Universitario de Tecnología Química CSIC-UPV, Univ. Polit. Valencia, 46022-Valencia, Spain.
authors.forename: Ana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Primo
authors.forename: Pedro
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Atienzar
authors.forename: Emilio
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sanchez
authors.forename: José María
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Delgado
authors.forename: Hermenegildo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: García
mesh_terms: D018533:Biomass; D002244:Carbon / Q000737:chemistry*; D048271:Chitosan / Q000737:chemistry*; D006108:Graphite / Q000737:chemistry*; D009584:Nitrogen / Q000737:chemistry*; D011791:Quartz / Q000737:chemistry; D018505:Waste Management
chemical_list: D011791:Quartz; D002244:Carbon; D006108:Graphite; D048271:Chitosan; D009584:Nitrogen