Browsing by Author "Kittrell, Wilbur Carter"

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    Flash joule heating synthesis method and compositions thereof
    (2024-08-06) Tour, James Mitchell; Luong X, Duy; Kittrell, Wilbur Carter; Chen, Weiyin; Rice University; United States Patent and Trademark Office
    Methods for the synthesis of graphene, and more particularly the method of synthesizing graphene by flash Joule heating (FJH). Such methods can be used to synthesize turbostratic graphene (including low-defect turbostratic graphene) in bulk quantities. Such methods can further be used to synthesize composite materials and 2D materials.
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    Laser induced graphene materials and their use in electronic devices
    (2022-09-06) Tour, James M; Lin, Jian; Peng, Zhiwei; Kittrell, Wilbur Carter; Rice University; William Marsh Rice University; United States Patent and Trademark Office
    In some embodiments, the present disclosure pertains to methods of producing a graphene material by exposing a polymer to a laser source. In some embodiments, the exposing results in formation of a graphene from the polymer. In some embodiments, the methods of the present disclosure also include a step of separating the formed graphene from the polymer to form an isolated graphene. In some embodiments, the methods of the present disclosure also include a step of incorporating the graphene material or the isolated graphene into an electronic device, such as an energy storage device. In some embodiments, the graphene is utilized as at least one of an electrode, current collector or additive in the electronic device. Additional embodiments of the present disclosure pertain to the graphene materials, isolated graphenes, and electronic devices that are formed by the methods of the present disclosure.