Green Chemistry @ MUN

Our group’s first time using ChemRxiv to share a pre-print!

https://chemrxiv.org/articles/Liquid-Phase_Exfoliation_of_Biochars_in_Green_Solvents_and_Correlation_with_Solvent_Parameters/11571225?fbclid=IwAR0qARyFcXG6fezvMDangLN1ECF_aMugi4J4MeB_JX7QAUQAxkufkjXtz3U

Well done to Ju on all her hard work to obtain these results, make correlations, the collaborations and writing 🙂 #womeninscience #greenchemistry

Ju presenting some of this research at the ACS Green Chemistry & Sustainable Energy Summer School (2019)

In Summary: Hydrogen-bond accepting solvents can disperse (exfoliate) up to 75 wt% of oxidized biochar in 15 minutes. Due to lower functionality, lower levels of dispersion are achieved when LPE is performed on pristine biochar and the critical solvent parameter in this case is polarizability.

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