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JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A
Volume 3, Issue 36, Pages 18557-18563Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c5ta04655f
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- Department of Science and Technology (DST), India [SB/FT/CS-165/2012]
- IISER Bhopal
- DST, India [DST/INSPIRE/04/2014/000991]
- Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), India
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We report a facile approach towards mass production of few layered reduced graphene by low-temperature (160 degrees C) exfoliation of graphite oxide under ambient atmospheric conditions with the aid of formic acid in a short duration (similar to 14 min). The obtained reduced graphene showed very high bulk electrical conductivity (1.6 x 10(3) S cm(-1)) at room temperature due to restoration of extended conjugation of the sp(2) network during rapid exfoliation. Protonation followed by the hydride transfer mechanism has been proposed for the restoration of extended conjugation and high electrical conductivity. BET surface areas of 789 and 1130 m(2) g(-1) with narrow mesopore distribution (1.9-2.5 nm) were obtained for two different samples prepared by modification in the synthetic methodology. The reduced graphenes were tested as supercapacitors and specific capacitances of 152 and 157 F g (1) with excellent cyclic stability were observed for two samples in aqueous electrolytes.
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