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Reduction of graphene oxide via L-ascorbic acid.

Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) (2010-02-04)
Jiali Zhang, Haijun Yang, Guangxia Shen, Ping Cheng, Jingyan Zhang, Shouwu Guo
PMID20126730
ABSTRACT

We demonstrated that the individual graphene oxide sheets can be readily reduced under a mild condition using L-ascorbic acid (L-AA). This simple approach should find practical applications in large scale production of water soluble graphene.

MATERIALS
Product Number
Brand
Product Description
255564
Sigma-Aldrich
L-Ascorbic acid, ACS reagent, ≥99%
95210
Sigma-Aldrich
L-Ascorbic acid, puriss. p.a., ≥99.0% (RT)
A7631
Sigma-Aldrich
(+)-Sodium L-ascorbate, crystalline, ≥98%
A0278
Sigma-Aldrich
L-Ascorbic acid, reagent grade
33034
Sigma-Aldrich
L-Ascorbic acid, puriss. p.a., ACS reagent, reag. ISO, Ph. Eur., 99.7-100.5% (oxidimetric)