Electrogenerated chemiluminescence of partially oxidized highly oriented pyrolytic graphite surfaces and of graphene oxide nanoparticles

Fu-Ren F Fan; Sungjin Park; Yanwu Zhu; Rodney S Ruoff; Allen J Bard

doi:10.1021/ja8086246

Electrogenerated chemiluminescence of partially oxidized highly oriented pyrolytic graphite surfaces and of graphene oxide nanoparticles

J Am Chem Soc. 2009 Jan 28;131(3):937-9. doi: 10.1021/ja8086246.

Authors

Fu-Ren F Fan¹, Sungjin Park, Yanwu Zhu, Rodney S Ruoff, Allen J Bard

Affiliation

¹ Center for Electrochemistry, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, the University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA.

PMID: 19117392
DOI: 10.1021/ja8086246

Abstract

Electrogenerated chemiluminescence (ECL) can be obtained from an electrochemically oxidized highly oriented pyrolytic graphite electrode or a graphene oxide suspension in an aqueous solution containing 0.1 M NaClO(4), phosphate buffer (PBS) (pH = 7.0) and 13 mM tri-n-propylamine. Single ECL events from individual graphene oxide nanosheets can be observed. The observation of ECL in such systems may lead to the development of a new class of carbon-based nanomaterials for potentially highly sensitive analytical applications.