Issue 12, 2012
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Chemical Communications

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

Ramendra Sundar Dey,‡a   Saumen Hajra,a   Ranjan K. Sahu,b   C. Retna Raj*a  and  M. K. Panigrahic  

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a Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur 721302, India
E-mail: crraj@chem.iitkgp.ernet.in
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Tel: +91 3222-283348

b CSIR-National Metallurgical Laboratory, Jamshedpur, India

c Department of Geology and Geophysics, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur 721302, India

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.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C2CC16031E
Article type
Communication
Submitted
28 Sep 2011
Accepted
02 Dec 2011
First published
03 Jan 2012

Chem. Commun., 2012,48, 1787-1789

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

R. S. Dey, S. Hajra, R. K. Sahu, C. R. Raj and M. K. Panigrahi, Chem. Commun., 2012, 48, 1787 DOI: 10.1039/C2CC16031E

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