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The Chemistry of Graphene Oxide PDF
The Chemistry of Graphene Oxide PDF
1. Introduction
During the last half decade, chemically modied graphene
(CMG) has been studied in the context of many applications,
such as polymer composites, energy-related materials, sensors,
paper-like materials, eld-eect transistors (FET), and
biomedical applications, due to its excellent electrical, mechanical,
and thermal properties.1,2 Chemical modication of graphene
oxide, which is generated from graphite oxide (GO, see below
for structure(s) and production methods), has been a promising
route to achieve mass production of CMG platelets. Graphene
oxide contains a range of reactive oxygen functional groups, which
renders it a good candidate for use in the aforementioned
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Christopher W. Bielawski
received a BS degree in
Chemistry from the University
of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
(1996) and a PhD in Chemistry
from the California Institute
of Technology (2003). After
postdoctoral studies (also at
Caltech), he became an assistant professor of chemistry at
The University of Texas at
Austin in 2004 and was
promoted to associate professor
in 2009. Prof. Bielawskis
research program lies at the
interface of polymer, synthetic
organic, and organometallic
chemistry.
Christopher W. Bielawski
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Structural features
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3. Chemical reactivity
3.1
Reductions
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Fig. 6 Digital pictures of as-prepared GO dispersed in water and 13 organic solvents through ultrasonication (1 h). Top: dispersions immediately
after sonication. Bottom: dispersions 3 weeks after sonication. The yellow color of the o-xylene sample is due to the solvent itself (from ref. 41).
Structurally, the product obtained via the hydrazinemediated reduction of graphene oxide is quite distinct from
its precursor. Upon addition of hydrazine to the graphene
oxide dispersion (typically performed at 80100 1C), a black
solid began to precipitate from suspension. This was likely a
result of an increase in the hydrophobicity of the material
caused by a decrease in the polar functionality on the surface
of the platelet.48 The BET surface area of the resulting
material was measured to be 466 m2 g1; far below
the theoretical value of fully exfoliated pristine graphene
(B2620 m2 g1).54 This could be due to incomplete exfoliation
during sonication of the GO, but a second contributing factor
may be generation of inaccessible surface caused by the
agglomeration/precipitation during reduction. A C : O ratio
of 10.3 : 1 was measured for reduced graphene oxide by
Fig. 8 The C-1s XPS spectra of: (a) graphene oxide, (b) hydrazine
hydrate-reduced graphene oxide (from ref. 48).
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Table 1 Sheet resistance and elemental composition of reduced graphene oxide lms using NaBH4 or N2H4 as the reducing agents (adapted from
ref. 55)
NaBH4
N2H2
XPS
XPS
Total elemental
C : O ratio
Heterocarbon component
of C-1s peak (%)
Sheet resistance
(kO sq1)
Total elemental
C : O ratio
Heterocarbon component
of C-1s peak (%)
N-1s peak
intensity (%)
Sheet resistance
(kO sq1)
2.8
4.3
4.9
5.3
74.1
27.9
16.2
13.4
79
59
2.8
3.9
4.5
5
6.2
74.1
26.4
19.0
18.6
14.5
1.3
2.1
2.6
2.4
69 0000
12 000
3460
780
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Acknowledgements
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