Mechanism of Oxidization of Graphite to Graphene Oxide by the Hummers Method
Xiaodong Chen, Zhan Qu, Zhe Liu, Guoyu Ren
Abstract
as the main oxidant and the structure of GO. This work provides a more plausible explanation for the mechanism of oxidizing reaction in the preparation of GO by a chemical oxidation method.
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