Citation: Jun Hu, Gang Kong, Yanbin Zhu, Chunshan Che. Ultrafast room-temperature reduction of graphene oxide by sodium borohydride, sodium molybdate and hydrochloric acid[J]. Chinese Chemical Letters, ;2021, 32(1): 543-547. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2020.03.045 shu

Ultrafast room-temperature reduction of graphene oxide by sodium borohydride, sodium molybdate and hydrochloric acid

School of Materials Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510641, China

konggang@scut.edu.cn

Received Date: 16 December 2019
Revised Date: 19 January 2020
Accepted Date: 17 March 2020
Available Online: 19 March 2020

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Since graphene-based materials have shown great potential in many fields, it is important to explore ultrafast and high-efficient methods to synthesize reduced graphene oxide (rGO) using inexpensive reducing agents under mild conditions. Here, we reported a novel method for the ultrafast chemical reduction of graphene oxide (GO) at room temperature using sodium borohydride (NaBH₄), sodium molybdate (Na₂MoO₄) and hydrochloric acid (HCl). The reduction was carried out within 2 min. A series of characterization results revealed that the obtained reduced graphene oxide has higher reduction degree than that synthesized by NaBH₄ alone at high temperature. Moreover, rGO electrode based on the present reducing method exhibited a superior specific capacitance of 139.8 F/g at a current density of 1 A/g, indicating that it can be used as electrode materials for supercapacitors.
- Carbon materials,
- Reduced graphene oxide,
- Sodium borohydride,
- Sodium molybdate,
- Hydrochloric acid,
- Supercapacitors
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