Cerium functionalized graphene nano-structures and their applications; A review

Fatemeh Nemati; Maryam Rezaie; Hadi Tabesh; Kamel Eid; Guobao Xu; Mohammad Reza Ganjali; Morteza Hosseini; Ceren Karaman; Nevin Erk; Pau-Loke Show; Najmeh Zare; Hassan Karimi-Maleh

doi:10.1016/j.envres.2022.112685

Cerium functionalized graphene nano-structures and their applications; A review

Environ Res. 2022 May 15:208:112685. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2022.112685. Epub 2022 Jan 6.

Authors

Fatemeh Nemati¹, Maryam Rezaie², Hadi Tabesh², Kamel Eid³, Guobao Xu⁴, Mohammad Reza Ganjali⁵, Morteza Hosseini⁶, Ceren Karaman⁷, Nevin Erk⁸, Pau-Loke Show⁹, Najmeh Zare¹⁰, Hassan Karimi-Maleh¹¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Life Science Engineering, Faculty of New Sciences & Technologies, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran; Center of Excellence in Electrochemistry, School of Chemistry, College of Science, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.
² Department of Life Science Engineering, Faculty of New Sciences & Technologies, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.
³ Gas Processing Center (GPC), College of Engineering, Qatar University, Doha, 2713, Qatar.
⁴ State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Science, Changchun, Jilin, 130022, China; China University of Science and Technology of China, Anhui, 230026, China.
⁵ Center of Excellence in Electrochemistry, School of Chemistry, College of Science, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.
⁶ Department of Life Science Engineering, Faculty of New Sciences & Technologies, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran. Electronic address: smhosseini@khayam.ut.ac.ir.
⁷ Akdeniz University, Department of Electricity and Energy, Antalya, 07070, Turkey. Electronic address: cerenkaraman@akdeniz.edu.tr.
⁸ Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Ankara University, 06560, Ankara, Turkey.
⁹ Department of Biochemical Engineering, University of Nottingham Malaysia, Malaysia.
¹⁰ School of Resources and Environment, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, P.O. Box 611731, Xiyuan Ave, Chengdu, PR China.
¹¹ School of Resources and Environment, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, P.O. Box 611731, Xiyuan Ave, Chengdu, PR China. Electronic address: h.karimi.maleh@qiet.ac.ir.

PMID: 34999024
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2022.112685

Abstract

Graphene-based nanomaterials with remarkable properties, such as good biocompatibility, strong mechanical strength, and outstanding electrical conductivity, have dramatically shown excellent potential in various applications. Increasing surface area and porosity percentage, improvement of adsorption capacities, reduction of adsorption energy barrier, and also prevention of agglomeration of graphene layers are the main advantages of functionalized graphene nanocomposites. On the other hand, Cerium nanostructures with remarkable properties have received a great deal of attention in a wide range of fields; however, in some cases low conductivity limits their application in different applications. Therefore, the combination of cerium structures and graphene networks has been widely invesitaged to improve properties of the composite. In order to have a comprehensive information of these nanonetworks, this research reviews the recent developments in cerium functionalized graphene derivatives (graphene oxide (GO), reduced graphene oxide (RGO), and graphene quantum dot (GQD) and their industrial applications. The applications of functionalized graphene derivatives have also been successfully summarized. This systematic review study of graphene networks decorated with different structure of Cerium have potential to pave the way for scientific research not only in field of material science but also in fluorescent sensing, electrochemical sensing, supercapacitors, and catalyst as a new candidate.

Keywords: Catalyst; Cerium oxide; Graphene; Photocatalyst; Sensor; Supercapacitor.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Systematic Review

MeSH terms

Cerium*
Electric Conductivity
Graphite* / chemistry
Nanocomposites* / chemistry
Nanostructures* / chemistry
Quantum Dots*

Substances

Cerium
Graphite