A rapid room temperature chemical route for the synthesis of graphene: metal-mediated reduction of graphene oxide

Ramendra Sundar Dey; Saumen Hajra; Ranjan K Sahu; C Retna Raj; M K Panigrahi

doi:10.1039/c2cc16031e

A rapid room temperature chemical route for the synthesis of graphene: metal-mediated reduction of graphene oxide

Chem Commun (Camb). 2012 Feb 7;48(12):1787-9. doi: 10.1039/c2cc16031e. Epub 2012 Jan 3.

Authors

Ramendra Sundar Dey¹, Saumen Hajra, Ranjan K Sahu, C Retna Raj, M K Panigrahi

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur 721302, India.

PMID: 22215055
DOI: 10.1039/c2cc16031e

Abstract

A rapid and facile route for the synthesis of reduced graphene oxide sheets (rGOs) at room temperature by the chemical reduction of graphene oxide using Zn/acid in aqueous solution is demonstrated.