Definitive Insight into the Graphite Oxide Reduction Mechanism by Deuterium Labeling

0448982 - ÚJF 2016 RIV DE eng J - Journal Article
Jankovský, O. - Šimek, P. - Luxa, J. - Sedmidubský, D. - Tomandl, Ivo - Macková, Anna - Mikšová, Romana - Malinský, Petr - Pumera, M. - Sofer, Z.
Definitive Insight into the Graphite Oxide Reduction Mechanism by Deuterium Labeling.
ChemPlusChem. Roč. 80, č. 9 (2015), s. 1399-1407. ISSN 2192-6506. E-ISSN 2192-6506
R&D Projects: GA ČR(CZ) GA15-09001S; GA ČR(CZ) GBP108/12/G108; GA MŠMT LM2011019
Institutional support: RVO:61389005
Keywords : deuterium * graphene * isotopic labeling * reaction mechanisms * reduction
Subject RIV: BG - Nuclear, Atomic and Molecular Physics, Colliders
Impact factor: 2.836, year: 2015

The reduction of graphite oxide is one of the most important reactions in the production of graphene in gram quantities. The mechanisms of these widely used reactions are poorly understood. The mechanism of the chemical reduction of two different graphite oxides prepared by the chlorate (Hofmann method) and permanganate methods (Hummers method) has been investigated. Three different reduction agents, lithium tetrahydridoaluminate, sodium tetrahydridoborate, and lithium tetrahydridoborate, as well as their deuterated counterparts, were used for the reduction of graphite oxide. Reduced graphite oxides were analyzed by scanning electron microscopy, energy-dispersive spectroscopy, elemental combustion analysis, Raman spectroscopy, high-resolution X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and simultaneous thermal analysis. The concentration of boron incorporated into graphene was measured by prompt gamma activation analysis. Rutherford back-scattering spectroscopy and elastic recoil detection analysis were used for the determination of the elemental composition, including deuterium concentration, as evidence of C-H bond formation.
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