The Real Graphene Oxide Revealed: Stripping the Oxidative Debris from the Graphene-like Sheets
The Real Graphene Oxide Revealed: Stripping the Oxidative Debris from the Graphene-like Sheets
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DOI:
10.1002/anie.201007520
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发表时间:
2011-01-01
影响因子:
16.6
通讯作者:
Wilson, Neil R.
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作者:
Rourke, Jonathan P.;Pandey, Priyanka A.;Wilson, Neil R.
Graphene oxide (GO) provides a potential route to large quantities of graphene, is cheap to make in bulk quantities, and easy to process.[1] It is also a starting point for further functionalization to create chemically modified graphenes (CMGs), for example, for use in composite materials,[2] for light harvesting,[3] or as sensors.[4] GO is derived from the exfoliation of graphite oxide, the structure of which, despite over one hundred years of investigation, is still subject to debate.[1b, 5] Understanding the chemical and physical structure of GO is a necessary step towards its controllable functionalization for CMGs and complete reduction back to graphene.Depending on the starting material and oxidative conditions, the composition of GO can vary significantly, but extensive study has resulted in a number of accepted properties.[1b] Fully oxidized GO forms stable aqueous suspensions and has an atomic C/O ratio of roughly 2: 1. The dominant surface functional groups are epoxides and alcohols, with carboxylic acids and other keto groups on the edges. GO is thermally unstable; heating it to more than around 808C in air or under vacuum changes the composition and increases the C/O ratio. Recent high-resolution STM [6] and TEM [7] studies have concluded that the degree of functionalization is highly heterogeneous with nanometer-scale, predominantly graphitic islands observable amongst disordered/amorphous regions.