EurekAlert July 10, 2019
A major hurdle in adopting graphene for everyday applications is producing it at a large scale, while still retaining its amazing properties. An international team of researchers (The Netherlands, USA – University of Rochester) has developed a method to produce graphene by mixing oxidized graphite with bacteria. They exfoliated the graphite to produce graphene oxide (GO), which they then mixed with the bacteria Shewanella. After the beaker of bacteria and precursor materials sit overnight, the bacteria reduced the GO to a graphene material. The graphene is thinner, more stable, and can be stored for longer periods of time, making it well suited for a variety of applications. The method is environmentally friendly and cost and time efficient…read more. Open Access TECHNICAL ARTICLE
Microbially‐produced graphene demonstrates increased conductance and a high surface‐area‐to‐thickness ratio, making it well‐suited to a number of different applications. Credit: Chemistry Open https://doi.org/10.1002/open.201900186