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Influence of graphite oxide drying temperature on ultra-fast microwave synthesis of graphene

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Ultra-fast synthesis of graphene has been reported by microwave assisted graphene oxide reduction. In this article, the graphene oxide was initially dried above room temperature. The initial heat treatment of graphene oxide demonstrates a distinct improvement of exfoliation rate of graphene sheets. This method provides an efficient way for mass production of high quality graphene sheets. Raman spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy, and X-ray diffraction techniques has been used to characterize reduced graphene sheets. The quality of reduced graphene was found to be affected by the initial drying temperature of graphite oxide.

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The work was partly supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China through Grant NSFC-51272038 and NSFC-61204060, and International Center of Artificial Materials, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China.

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    Shenting Liu, Jiang Wu, Zhihua Zhou, Lei Gao, Siyuan Luo, Xingliang Xu & Zhiming M. Wang

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Liu, S., Wu, J., Zhou, Z. et al. Influence of graphite oxide drying temperature on ultra-fast microwave synthesis of graphene. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 24, 1298–1302 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-012-0923-2

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