Monday, 14 October 2019: 08:40
Room 311 (The Hilton Atlanta)
Carbon based materials play a critical role in the modern economy with widespread application in many energy applications including batteries and nuclear energy. Further, carbon based materials have recently been employed in important structural materials like carbon based composites for use in aircraft components etc. Most of these modern applications require the use of highly crystalline, graphitic carbon. The current process of graphitization requires the precursor amorphous carbon to be heated to temperatures approaching 3000 K for significant time. In this paper, we continue to explore the recently reported low temperature graphitization process that employs molten salt electrochemical approach to achieve graphitization. Herein, we report a new combination of salts that further significantly reduces the temperature to below 750 C. This is achieved by using a combination of salts that enhance the graphitization reaction. Additionally, the graphite thus synthesized were evaluated for important performance properties in their respective applications.
