Graphite Petroleum Coke Production Produces Graphene

Graphite Petroleum Coke - CPCoC - is a carbon product from the refining of crude oil. It is used as a high-purity low-cost alternative to graphite in a number of industrial and commercial applications.

CPCoC can be produced by a process known as coking, which uses heat to fragment large hydrocarbon molecules. Coke is made from those fragments which contain carbon. The remaining liquid hydrocarbons can be used as fuel.

The coke that is produced can serve a wide range of purposes. The material is also known as graphite petcoke or "petcoke". It's an important raw materials for producing specialty graphite.

In a study conducted recently, scientists used a specific type of petroleum-coke to produce an carbon-based product that is more conductive than standard graphite. It is also a precursor for graphene - a sheet of carbon crystalline that is extremely thin and has numerous applications. New material also costs less than traditional graphene.

To create the graphene, researchers used a particular type of coke from petroleum known as needle coal. Coke can be produced through the thermal cracking process of aromatic fractions in Fluid Catalytic Cracker Decant Oil. This petroleum-derived feedstock is used for artificial graphite production. The needle-like coke structures are all oriented in the same direction. They give it a very high electrical conductivity. The researchers used electrochemically exfoliation to isolate the graphene-like coke particle from its parent and separate it from the remainder of the material. Raman spectroscopy was then used by the team to analyse the material. The graphene-like particle had a 2D characteristic peak while original coke didn't.

It was oxygenated and the resultant material produced a high-purity coke. After undergoing a heat cracking procedure, this material became moderator carbon for nuclear reactors. These graphitizable materials, including needle cokes and calcined coal, are used in many important industries because they offer high performance and functionality. They include:

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