Polyoxometalate assisted photoreduction of graphene oxide and its nanocomposite formation

Haolong Li; Shuping Pang; Xinliang Feng; Klaus Müllen; Christoph Bubeck

doi:10.1039/c0cc01098g

Polyoxometalate assisted photoreduction of graphene oxide and its nanocomposite formation

Chem Commun (Camb). 2010 Sep 14;46(34):6243-5. doi: 10.1039/c0cc01098g. Epub 2010 Jun 18.

Authors

Haolong Li¹, Shuping Pang, Xinliang Feng, Klaus Müllen, Christoph Bubeck

Affiliation

¹ Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Ackermannweg 10, 55128 Mainz, Germany.

PMID: 20563336
DOI: 10.1039/c0cc01098g

Abstract

We have developed a green method to reduce graphene oxide via a UV-irradiated photoreduction process in which H(3)PW(12)O(40) was used as photocatalyst. Moreover, H(3)PW(12)O(40) can adsorb on the reduced graphene oxide as anionic stabilizer and lead to water dispersible graphene sheets.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adsorption
Carbon / chemistry*
Molecular Structure
Nanoparticles / chemistry*
Oxidation-Reduction
Photochemistry
Surface Properties
Tungsten Compounds / chemistry*

Substances

Tungsten Compounds
polyoxometalate I
Carbon