• 文献标题:   Efficient reduction of graphene oxide nanosheets using Na2C2O4 as a reducing agent
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   HANIFAH MFR, JAAFAR J, AZIZ M, ISMAIL AF, OTHMAN MHD, RAHMAN MA, NORDDIN MNAM, YUSOF N, SALLEH WNW
  • 作者关键词:   reduced graphene oxide nanosheet, graphene oxide nanosheet, sodium oxalate, chemical reduction, characterization
  • 出版物名称:   FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS LETTERS
  • ISSN:   1793-6047 EI 1793-7213
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Teknol Malaysia
  • 被引频次:   3
  • DOI:   10.1142/S1793604715500265
  • 出版年:   2015

▎ 摘  要

The efficient synthesis of reduced graphene oxide (RGO) nanosheets via chemical reduction process of exfoliated graphene oxide (GO) nanosheets was performed by introducing sodium oxalate (Na2C2O4) as a reducing agent. To study the effects of the reduction time on the synthesized RGO, the GO was reduced within -1/2, 1 and 2 h for RGO-1, RGO-2 and RGO-3, respectively. The C/O atomic ratio of the synthesized RGO-3 has increased from 2.16 to 6.32 after reduction as determined by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). The morphology analysis of the RGO-3 was determined by high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM) almost revealed the formation of single layer. The number of RGO layers decreases as the time of the reduction increases. Based on these analysis results, sodium oxalate plays an important role in the efficient removal of the oxygen containing groups in the GO to produce high quality of RGO.