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Revealing the ultrafast process behind the photoreduction of graphene oxide

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Badali,  Daniel Salvatore
Atomically Resolved Structural Dynamics Division, Max Planck Research Department for Structural Dynamics, Department of Physics, University of Hamburg, External Organizations;
The Hamburg Center for Ultrafast Imaging, University of Hamburg, 22761 Hamburg, Germany;
International Max Planck Research School for Ultrafast Imaging & Structural Dynamics (IMPRS-UFAST), Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter, Max Planck Society;

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms3560
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Gengler, R. Y. N., Badali, D. S., Zhang, D., Dimos, K., Spyrou, K., Gournis, D., et al. (2013). Revealing the ultrafast process behind the photoreduction of graphene oxide. Nature Communications, 4: 2560. doi:10.1038/ncomms3560.


Cite as: https://hdl.handle.net/11858/00-001M-0000-0019-8F40-6
Abstract
Effective techniques to reduce graphene oxide are in demand owing to the multitude of potential applications of this two-dimensional material. A very promising green method to do so is by exposure to ultraviolet irradiation. Unfortunately, the dynamics behind this reduction remain unclear. Here we perform a series of transient absorption experiments in an effort to develop and understand this process on a fundamental level. An ultrafast photoinduced chain reaction is observed to be responsible for the graphene oxide reduction. The reaction is initiated using a femtosecond ultraviolet pulse that photoionizes the solvent, liberating solvated electrons, which trigger the reduction. The present study reaches the fundamental time scale of the ultraviolet photoreduction in solution, which is revealed to be in the picosecond regime.