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Cover Feature: Thermal Decomposition of Ternary Sodium Graphite Intercalation Compounds (Chem. Eur. J. 29/2020)
Author(s) -
Au Heather,
Rubio Noelia,
Buckley David J.,
Mattevi Cecilia,
Shaffer Milo S. P.
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.202001487
Subject(s) - intercalation (chemistry) , graphene , graphite , ternary operation , solvent , materials science , evaporation , thermal decomposition , molecule , chemical engineering , decomposition , inorganic chemistry , chemistry , nanotechnology , organic chemistry , thermodynamics , composite material , physics , computer science , engineering , programming language
Graphite Intercalation compounds (GICs) are often used to produce exfoliated or functionalized graphene related materials in a specific solvent. The bulk of the intercalation compound is stable under ambient conditions, trapped between the graphene layers. However, heating drives a reorganization of the sodium and associated solvent molecules, leading to the step‐wise evaporation of the solvent. More information can be found in the Full Paper by M. S. P. Shaffer et al. on page 6545.