• 文献标题:   A simple method for the reduction of graphene oxide by sodium borohydride with CaCl2 as a catalyst
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   YANG ZZ, ZHENG QB, QIU HX, LI J, YANG JH
  • 作者关键词:   graphene oxide, reduction, catalysi
  • 出版物名称:   NEW CARBON MATERIALS
  • ISSN:   1007-8827 EI 1872-5805
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Shanghai Sci Technol
  • 被引频次:   38
  • DOI:   10.1016/S1872-5805(15)60174-3
  • 出版年:   2015

▎ 摘  要

Graphene oxide (GO) prepared by a modified Hummers method was reduced by NaBH4 at room temperature for 12 h in a 0. 5 mg/mL GO water suspension to obtain reduced GO (RGO), using CaCl2 as a catalyst. The GO and RGO were characterized by XPS, FT-IR, UV-Vis and electrical resistivity measurements. Results show that CaCl2 improves the reduction ability of NaBH4 for oxygen-containing functional groups on the GO. After reduction, the C/O atomic ratio increased, most of the oxygen-containing functional groups were eliminated, and the electrical resistance decreased significantly. The highest C/O atomic ratio was 5. 38 and the lowest electrical resistance of RGO was 18. 6 k Omega/sq, the latter being about two orders of magnitudes lower than the RGO prepared without CaCl2. This reduction method opens a possibility of reducing GO under ambient conditions without using a toxic/corrosive reducing agent and an organic solvent.