Green Synthesis of Reduced Graphene Oxide Using Ascorbic Acid

Hayder A Hessain; J. J.  Hassan

doi:10.24996/ijs.2020.61.6.9

Authors

Hayder A Hessain Physics Department, College of Science, University of Basrah, Basrah, Iraq
J. J. Hassan Physics Department, College of Science, University of Basrah, Basrah, Iraq

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24996/ijs.2020.61.6.9

Keywords:

graphene oxide, reduced graphene oxide, XRD, SEM, ascorbic acid

Abstract

A green and low-cost method was used to prepare graphene oxide (GO) and reduced graphene oxide (rGO) by chemical exfoliation of graphite powder by modified Hummers method, followed by reduction using ascorbic acid. X-ray diffractometry (XRD) and field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM) were used to analyze the structure and morphology of the synthesized materials. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy were used to identify the formation of the GO and rGO