Investigation of the Reduction of Graphene Oxide by Lithium Triethylborohydride. (11th January 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Xu, Guangyuan; Malmström, Jenny; Edmonds, Neil; Broderick, Neil; Travas-Sejdic, Jadranka; Jin, Jianyong
• Other Names: Pegoretti Alessandro Academic Editor.
• Is Part Of: Journal of nanomaterials. Volume 2016(2016)
• Publication Date: 2016-01-11
• Subjects: Nanostructured materials -- Periodicals; Nanotechnology -- Periodicals; Nanomatériaux; Nanostructured materials; Nanotechnology; Nanostructures; Nanotechnology; Periodicals; Fulltext; Internet Resources; Periodicals; 620.115
• DOI: 10.1155/2016/4021059
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1687-4110

Abstract

Abstract : The chemical reduction of a wet colloidal suspension of graphene oxide is a cost-effective and adaptable method for large scale production of "quasi" graphene for a wide variety of optoelectronic applications. In this study, modified Hummers' procedure was used to synthesize high quality graphene oxide at 50°C. This modified protocol thus eliminates the potentially hazardous second high-temperature step in Hummers' method for the production of GO. Furthermore, the reduction of graphene oxide by lithium triethylborohydride is demonstrated for the first time. According to FT-IR, UV-Vis, TGA, Raman, SEM/EDS, and AFM results, the reduced graphene oxide (LiEt3 BH-RGO) has properties comparable to other reduced graphene oxide products reported in the literature.