Graphite Foil Waste to Graphene: New Carbon Precursors for Synthesis of Graphene and its Oxides

Abstract:

In this paper, graphene oxide (GO) was obtained by oxidation of powdered graphite foil wastes (pGFW) at 0 - 40°C. Oxidizing reagents can easily penetrate the layers of graphite foil and thus, the intercalation or functionalization-oxidation processes may occur resulting in graphite oxide formation. The methods of synthesis of GO and its separation from the reaction mixture were partially corrected. GO was reduced, also, to the reduced graphene oxide (rGO) by using hydroiodic acid, ascorbic acid, zinc powder, hydrazine, and Alnus extract. Thermal treatment of GO powders and GO films, obtained from pGFW was implemented at 20-300° C in air and at 20-1000° C under argon flow and in a vacuum. At high-temperature treatment (1000°C) of GO graphene was obtained with a defective structure.

• Periodical: Key Engineering Materials (Volume 891)
• Pages: 68-74
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.891.68
• Online since: July 2021
• Authors: Lili Nadaraia*, Tamar Dundua, Nino Gamkrelidze, Vladimer Tsitsishvili, Natia Barbakadze, Roin Chedia
• Keywords: Graphene, Graphene Oxide, Hummers Method, Powdered Waste of Graphite Foil, Reduction of Graphene Oxide

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