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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
How fast is the reaction of hydrated electrons with graphene oxide in aqueous dispersions?
Axel Kahnt1, Roman Flyunt2, Christian Laube2
1Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy & Interdisciplinary Center for Molecular Materials, Chair of Physical Chemistry I, Friedrich-Alexander-Universitat Erlangen-Nürnberg, Egerlandstrasse 3, 91058 Erlangen, Germany. axel.kahnt@fau.de.
Abstract:
Understanding the mechanism of the reduction of graphene oxide (GO) is a key-question in graphene related materials science. Here, we investigate the kinetics of the reaction of radiolytically generated hydrated electrons with GO in water. The electron transfer proceeds on the ns time scale and not on the ps time scale, as recently reported by Gengler et al. (Nat. Commun., 2013, 4, 2560).
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