MUMBAI, India, Oct. 26 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202611102646 A) filed by Indian Institute Of Technology Jodhpur on August 25, 2026, for A Process For Synthesis Of Three-Dimensional Heteroatom-Doped Graphene Aerogel.
Inventors include Ravi P. Srivastava; Kumud Malika Tripathi; and Himanshu Asati.
The application for the patent was published on October 23, 2026, under issue no. 43/2026.
Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the synthesis of a three-dimensional (3D) heteroatom-doped graphene aerogel. The process comprises mixing a molasses with a heteroatom doping agent comprising ammonium chloride or thiourea in the presence of water to form a precursor composition, followed by subjecting the precursor composition to pyrolysis under an inert atmosphere to obtain the graphene aerogel. The process eliminates hydrothermal treatment, freeze drying, supercritical drying, and chemical or physical activation employed in conventional synthesis methods. The synthesized graphene aerogel exhibits a porous interconnected three-dimensional network comprising wrinkled multilayer graphitic sheets with a high specific surface area. The process utilizes renewable biomass, is reproducible, scalable, and suitable for economical production of graphene aerogels for use in environmental, energy, catalytic, sensing, and composite fabrication applications.
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