Insight into the Mechanism of Graphene Oxide Degradation via the Photo-Fenton Reaction

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• 作者：Hao Bai ; Wentao Jiang ; Gregg P. Kotchey ; Wissam A. Saidi ; Benjamin J. Bythell ; Jacqueline M. Jarvis ; Alan G. Marshall ; Ren茫 A. S. Robinson ; Alexander Star
• 刊名：Journal of Physical Chemistry C
• 出版年：2014
• 出版时间：May 15, 2014
• 年：2014
• 卷：118
• 期：19
• 页码：10519-10529
• 全文大小：466K
• 年卷期：v.118,no.19(May 15, 2014)
• ISSN：1932-7455

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Graphene represents an attractive two-dimensional carbon-based nanomaterial that holds great promise for applications such as electronics, batteries, sensors, and composite materials. Recent work has demonstrated that carbon-based nanomaterials are degradable/biodegradable, but little work has been expended to identify products formed during the degradation process. As these products may have toxicological implications that could leach into the environment or the human body, insight into the mechanism and structural elucidation remain important as carbon-based nanomaterials become commercialized. We provide insight into a potential mechanism of graphene oxide degradation via the photo-Fenton reaction. We have determined that after 1 day of treatment intermediate oxidation products (with MW 150鈥?000 Da) were generated. Upon longer reaction times (i.e., days 2 and 3), these products were no longer present in high abundance, and the system was dominated by graphene quantum dots (GQDs). On the basis of FTIR, MS, and NMR data, potential structures for these oxidation products, which consist of oxidized polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, are proposed.