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Comparative studies of graphene oxide and reduced graphene oxide as carbocatalysts for polymerization of 3-aminophenylboronic acid†

Lin Tan,*a   Bin Wanga  and  Huixia Feng*a  

* Corresponding authors

a College of Petrochemical Technology, Lanzhou University of Technology, Lanzhou, Gansu 730050, PR China
E-mail: tanlin@lut.cn, fenghx@lut.cn

Abstract

The use of both graphene oxide (GO) and reduced graphene oxide (RGO) as carbocatalysts for the polymerization of 3-aminophenylboronic acid (ABA) was investigated for the first time. During the electrochemical polymerization of ABA, only RGO can effectively increase the polymerization rate due to the electronic interactions between RGO and ABA. For the in situ polymerization process, however, both RGO and GO act as molecular templates, which have a high surface area to preconcentrate ABA, so that not only is the polymerization rate increased, but also the quality of the polymer is greatly improved.

Graphical abstract: Comparative studies of graphene oxide and reduced graphene oxide as carbocatalysts for polymerization of 3-aminophenylboronic acid

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C2RA22516F
Article type
Communication
Submitted
15 Oct 2012
Accepted
13 Dec 2012
First published
14 Dec 2012

RSC Adv., 2013,3, 2561-2565

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Comparative studies of graphene oxide and reduced graphene oxide as carbocatalysts for polymerization of 3-aminophenylboronic acid

L. Tan, B. Wang and H. Feng, RSC Adv., 2013, 3, 2561 DOI: 10.1039/C2RA22516F

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