Screening of the chemical reactivity of three different graphite sources using the formation of reductively alkylated graphene as a model reaction

Kathrin C Knirsch; Jan M Englert; Christoph Dotzer; Frank Hauke; Andreas Hirsch

doi:10.1039/c3cc46621c

Screening of the chemical reactivity of three different graphite sources using the formation of reductively alkylated graphene as a model reaction

Chem Commun (Camb). 2013 Nov 28;49(92):10811-3. doi: 10.1039/c3cc46621c.

Authors

Kathrin C Knirsch¹, Jan M Englert, Christoph Dotzer, Frank Hauke, Andreas Hirsch

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy, University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Henkestrasse 42, D-91054 Erlangen, Germany.

PMID: 24113287
DOI: 10.1039/c3cc46621c

Abstract

Reductive alkylation of three graphite starting materials G(flake), G(powder), and G(spherical) reveals pronounced differences in the obtained covalently functionalized graphene with respect to the degree of functionalization, exfoliation efficiency and product homogeneity, as demonstrated by statistical Raman microscopy (SRM), TGA/MS, IR-spectroscopy and solubility behavior.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Alkylation
Graphite / chemistry*
Models, Molecular
Oxidation-Reduction
Particle Size
Surface Properties
Temperature

Substances

Graphite