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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 05, 2014
Applicant:
Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS (US);
Inventors:
Jilei Zhang, Starkville, MS (US);
Zhiyong Cai, Madison, WI (US);
Assignees:
Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS (US);
The United States of America as Represented by Secretary of Agriculture, Washington, DC (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C01B 3/04 (2006.01); C01B 31/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C01B 31/0446 (2013.01);
Abstract
Embodiments of the presently-disclosed subject matter include methods for synthesizing carbon nanomaterials from a lignin and/or source thereof. Exemplary methods comprise a process of thermal treating a lignin and/or source thereof in the presence of a catalyst to synthesize graphene nanosheets.