scholarly journals Effect of morphology and defect density on electron transfer of electrochemically reduced graphene oxide

2016 ◽  
Vol 390 ◽  
pp. 385-392 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yan Zhang ◽  
Huilian Hao ◽  
Linlin Wang
2014 ◽  
Vol 173 ◽  
pp. 415-428 ◽  
Author(s):  
Santosh Kumar Bikkarolla ◽  
Peter Cumpson ◽  
Paul Joseph ◽  
Pagona Papakonstantinou

We show that a partially reduced graphene oxide electrocatalyst, synthesized by electrochemical reduction of graphene oxide (GO), displays significantly enhanced catalytic activity towards the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) in alkaline solutions compared to the starting GO. The electrochemical partial reduction of GO was confirmed by X-ray diffraction and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) verified the enhanced electron transfer ability of the electrochemically reduced graphene oxide (ErGO) compared to GO. The resultant ErGO electrode showed enhanced capacitance and an ORR onset potential of −0.11 V vs. Ag/AgCl, similar to that of a nitrogen doped reduced graphene oxide (NrGO) electrode produced by a hydrothermal process. However the ErGO exhibited considerably lower electron transfer numbers (2.0–3.3 at a potential range of −0.4 V to −1.0 V) indicating that although both catalysts operate under combined 4e− and 2e− ORR processes, ErGO follows a more predominant 2e− pathway. The ORR process in ErGO has been linked to the presence of quinone functional groups, which favour the 2e− ORR pathway.


2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gen Liu ◽  
Wei Ma ◽  
Yan Luo ◽  
Deng-ming Sun ◽  
Shuang Shao

Poly(methylene blue) and electrochemically reduced graphene oxide composite film modified electrode (PMB-ERGO/GCE) was successfully fabricated by electropolymerization and was used for simultaneous determination of uric acid (UA) and xanthine (Xa). Based on the excellent electrocatalytic activity of PMB-ERGO/GCE, the electrochemical behaviors of UA and Xa were studied by cyclic voltammetry (CV) and square wave voltammetry (SWV). Two anodic sensitive peaks at 0.630 V (versus Ag/AgCl) for UA and 1.006 V (versus Ag/AgCl) for Xa were given by CV in pH 3.0 phosphate buffer. The calibration curves for UA and Xa were obtained in the range of 8.00 × 10−8~4.00 × 10−4 M and 1.00 × 10−7~4.00 × 10−4 M, respectively, by SWV. The detection limits for UA and Xa were3.00×10-8 M and5.00×10-8 M, respectively. Finally, the proposed method was applied to simultaneously determine UA and Xa in human urine with good selectivity and high sensitivity.


RSC Advances ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (101) ◽  
pp. 98708-98716 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhelin Liu ◽  
Yinghui Feng ◽  
Xiaofeng Wu ◽  
Keke Huang ◽  
Shouhua Feng ◽  
...  

Pd nanoparticles with multi-edges and corners are prepared and assembled on reduced graphene oxide to examine the electrocatalytic activity. Point discharge is regarded to be capable of facilitating the electron transfer.


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