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Facile preparation of reduced graphene by optimizing oxidation condition and further reducing the exfoliated products

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 December 2016

Shuntao Xu ,
Zhengfu Zhang Open the ORCID record for Zhengfu Zhang [Opens in a new window] ,
Jinkun Liu ,
Yashan Wang  and
Junlong Hu
Shuntao Xu
Affiliation:
Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650093, China
Zhengfu Zhang*
Affiliation:
Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650093, China
Jinkun Liu
Affiliation:
Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650093, China
Yashan Wang
Affiliation:
Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650093, China
Junlong Hu
Affiliation:
Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650093, China
*
a) Address all correspondence to this author. e-mail: zhang-zhengfu@163.com
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Abstract

A cost-effective and highly efficient method was proposed for preparing reduced graphene (rEG) by modified Hummers approach. The influence of ratio of KMnO4 to graphite, oxidation time and oxidation temperature on oxidative degree of graphite oxide (GO) was investigated by x-ray diffraction (XRD) and Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR). The thermal exfoliated graphene (EG) was characterized with transmission electron microscopy (TEM), FTIR, Raman spectrum and Brunauer–Emmett–Teller (BET) method. The EG was treated for 4 h at 800 °C with H2/Ar mixed atmosphere (15/85, v%) to remove the residual functional groups. The characterization of x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) showed that rEG contains less functional groups than EG, which shows the C/O ratio increased from 10.6 (EG) to 34.71 (rEG). The results indicate that treating EG with a mixed H2/Ar atmosphere (15/85, v%) remarkably removes residual functional groups of EG, supplying a simple and feasible approach with large scale production of reduced graphene.

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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 32 , Issue 2 , 27 January 2017 , pp. 383 - 391
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