Advances in Microwave-Assisted Production of Reduced Graphene Oxide

Xinxin Xie; Yanping Zhou; Kama Huang

doi:10.3389/fchem.2019.00355

Advances in Microwave-Assisted Production of Reduced Graphene Oxide

Front Chem. 2019 Jun 4:7:355. doi: 10.3389/fchem.2019.00355. eCollection 2019.

Authors

Xinxin Xie^{1

2}, Yanping Zhou^{1

2}, Kama Huang^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ College of Electronics and Information Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
² Key Laboratory of Wireless Power Transmission of Ministry of Education, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.

Abstract

Efficient reduction of graphene oxide to obtain high-quality graphene nanosheets is desirable for energy storage, catalysis, electronics and environmental remediation. In this brief review, we mainly focus on the microwave-assisted production of reduced graphene oxide in three categories: (1) microwave-assisted chemical reduction of graphene oxide; (2) microwave-assisted thermal reduction of graphene oxide; (3) microwave-assisted simultaneous thermal exfoliation & thermal reduction of graphite oxide. We also summarize common techniques for characterizing reduction efficiency and quality of as-obtained rGO.

Keywords: chemical reduction; exfoliation of graphite oxide; microwave-assisted synthesis; reduced graphene oxide; thermal reduction.

Publication types

Review