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Scalable Syntheses of Graphene Oxide and Reduced Graphene Oxide using Cascade Design Oxidation and Highly Basic Reduction Reactions
Published on: July 3, 2025
Graphene oxide adsorption enhanced by in situ reduction with sodium hydrosulfite to remove acridine orange from
Ling Sun1, Hongwen Yu, Bunshi Fugetsu
1Laboratory of Environmental Remediation, Graduate School of Environmental Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan.
Abstract:
Graphene oxide (GO) is a highly effective adsorbent, and its absorbing capability is further enhanced through its in situ reduction with sodium hydrosulfite as the reductant. Acridine orange is the selected target to eliminate with GO as the adsorbent. Under identical conditions, GO without the in situ reduction showed a maximum adsorption capacity of 1.4 g g(-1), and GO with the in situ reduction provided a maximum adsorption capacity of 3.3 g g(-1). Sodium hydrosulfite converts carbonyl groups on GO into hydroxyl groups, which function as the key sites for the adsorption enhancement.

