Few-Layer Graphene Produced by the Self-Propagating High-Temperature Process from Biopolymers: Synthesis, Properties, and Application (a Review)

This review is concerned with the production of 2D graphene nanostructures (few-layer graphene; FLG) by our developed method for carbonization of biopolymers implemented in a self-propagating high-temperature synthesis (SHS) process. Here, we analyze and summarize the experimental and some theoretical results, which served us to design a phenomenological model for the SHS synthesis of 2D graphene structures. The main focus is on the results obtained over the last decade. The prospects for ongoing research into the carbonization of biopolymers are discussed. Particular attention is paid to those areas of research that are expected to be of most interest for the use of few-layer graphene in the near future.