title: Graphite-to-Graphene: Total Conversion.
abstract: The rush to develop graphene applications mandates mass production of graphene sheets. However, the currently available complex and expensive production technologies are limiting the graphene commercialization. The addition of a protective diluent to graphite during ball-milling is demonstrated to result in a game-changer yield (>90%) of defect-free graphene, whose size is controlled by the milling energy and the diluent type.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Engineering, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, 84105, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
authors.forename: Matat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Buzaglo
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Engineering, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, 84105, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
authors.forename: Ilan Pri
authors.initials: IP
authors.lastname: Bar
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Engineering, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, 84105, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
authors.forename: Maxim
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Varenik
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Engineering, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, 84105, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
authors.forename: Liran
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Shunak
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Nuclear Research Center Negev, 84190, Israel.
authors.forename: Svetlana
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pevzner
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Engineering, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, 84105, Beer-Sheva, Israel.|Ilse Katz Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, 84105, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
authors.forename: Oren
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Regev
keywords: aromatic diluents; ball-milling; graphene; top-down synthesis