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Degradation of Graphene by Hydrogen Peroxide
Author(s) -
Xing WeiLiang,
Lalwani Gaurav,
Rusakova Irene,
Sitharaman Balaji
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
particle and particle systems characterization
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.877
H-Index - 56
eISSN - 1521-4117
pISSN - 0934-0866
DOI - 10.1002/ppsc.201300318
Subject(s) - graphene , hydrogen peroxide , degradation (telecommunications) , chemistry , incubation , hydrogen , chemical engineering , photochemistry , materials science , nanotechnology , organic chemistry , biochemistry , telecommunications , computer science , engineering
Degradation of graphene by H 2 O 2 at physiologically and environmentally relevant concentrations (1–10 000 × 10 −6 m ) is reported. Exposure to H 2 O 2 leads to the formation of holes on graphene sheets. The degradation phenomenon is dependent on concentration of H 2 O 2 and incubation time.