Controlled Reduction of Graphene Oxide Using Sulfuric Acid

Reynosa-Martínez, Ana Cecilia; Gómez-Chayres, Erika; Villaurrutia, Rafael; López-Honorato, Eddie

doi:10.3390/ma14010059

Title: Controlled Reduction of Graphene Oxide Using Sulfuric Acid

Journal Article · Fri Dec 25 00:00:00 EST 2020 · Materials

DOI:https://doi.org/10.3390/ma14010059· OSTI ID:1756248

^[1]; Gómez-Chayres, Erika ^[1]; Villaurrutia, Rafael ^[2];

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Unidad Saltillo, Coahuila (Mexico)
Thermo Fisher Scientific de Mexico, Nuevo Leon (Mexico)
Unidad Saltillo, Coahuila (Mexico); Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sulfuric acid under different concentrations and with the addition of SO₃ (fuming sulfuric acid) was studied as a reducing agent for the production of reduced graphene oxide (RGO). Three concentrations of sulfuric acid (1.5, 5, and 12 M), as well as 12 M with 30% SO₃, were used. The reduction of graphene oxide increased with H₂SO₄ concentration as observed by Fourier-transformed infrared spectroscopy and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. It was observed that GO lost primarily epoxide functional groups from 40.4 to 9.7% and obtaining 69.8% carbon when using 12 M H₂SO₄, without leaving sulfur doping. Additionally, the appearance of hexagonal domain structures observed in transmission electron microscopy and analyzed by selected area electron diffraction patterns confirmed the improvement in graphitization. Although the addition of SO₃ in H₂SO₄ improved the GO reduction with 74% carbon, as measured by XPS, the use of SO₃ introduced sulfur doping of 1.3%. RGO produced with sulfuric acid was compared with a sample obtained via ultraviolet (UV) irradiation, a very common reduction route, by observing that the RGO produced with sulfuric acid had a higher C/O ratio than the material reduced by UV irradiation. This work showed that sulfuric acid can be used as a single-step reducing agent for RGO without sulfur contamination.

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Research Organization:: Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725

OSTI ID:: 1756248

Journal Information:: Materials, Vol. 14, Issue 1; ISSN 1996-1944

Publisher:: MDPICopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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