Document Type
Article
Publication Date
8-2021
Abstract
The detailed study of graphene oxide (GO) synthesis by changing the graphite/oxidizing reagents mass ratios (mG/mROxi), provided GO nanosheets production with good yield, structural quality, and process savings. Three initial samples containing different amounts of graphite (3.0 g, 4.5 g, and 6.0 g) were produced using a bench reactor under strictly controlled conditions to guarantee the process reproducibility. The produced samples were analyzed by Raman spectroscopy, atomic force microscopy (AFM), x-ray diffraction (XDR), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and thermogravimetry (TGA) techniques. The results showed that the major GO product comprised of nanosheets containing between 1–5 layers, with lateral size up to 1.8 µm. Therefore, it was possible to produce different batches of graphene oxide with desirable physicochemical characteristics, keeping the amount of oxidizing reagent unchanged. The use of different proportions (mG/mROxi) is an important strategy that provides to produce GO nanostructures with high structural quality and scale-up, which can be well adapted in medium-sized bench reactor.
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Andrade, Carolina S., Anna P.S. Godoy, Marcos A.G. Benega, Ricardo J.E. Andrade, Rafael C. Andrade, Wellington M. Silva, Josué M.d.O. Cremonezzi, Waldemar A.d.A. Macedo, Pedro L. Gastelois, Helio Ribeiro, and Jaime Taha-Tijerina. 2021. "Micro Scalable Graphene Oxide Productions Using Controlled Parameters in Bench Reactor" Nanomaterials 11, no. 8: 1975. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano11081975
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Publication Title
Nanomaterials
DOI
10.3390/nano11081975
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