Role of Temperature and Time Exposure for Controlled and Accelerated Synthesis of Graphene Oxide Using Tour Method

Uswatul Chasanah; Wega Trisunaryanti; Haryo Satriya Oktaviano; Triyono Triyono; Dyah Ayu Fatmawati

doi:10.22146/ijc.71817

Role of Temperature and Time Exposure for Controlled and Accelerated Synthesis of Graphene Oxide Using Tour Method

https://doi.org/10.22146/ijc.71817

Uswatul Chasanah⁽¹⁾, Wega Trisunaryanti^(2*), Haryo Satriya Oktaviano⁽³⁾, Triyono Triyono⁽⁴⁾, Dyah Ayu Fatmawati⁽⁵⁾

(1) Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Sekip Utara, Yogyakarta 55281, Indonesia
(2) Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Sekip Utara, Yogyakarta 55281, Indonesia
(3) Research & Technology Center, PT. Pertamina (Persero), Sopo Del Tower A, Floor 51, Jl. Mega Kuningan Barat III, Kawasan Mega Kuningan, Jakarta Selatan, DKI Jakarta, 12950, Indonesia
(4) Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Sekip Utara, Yogyakarta 55281, Indonesia
(5) Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Sekip Utara, Yogyakarta 55281, Indonesia
(*) Corresponding Author

Abstract

Synthesis of graphene oxide (GO) with the Tour method has been studied. In this procedure, phosphoric acid was mixed with sulfuric acid in the ratio of 1:9, and then potassium permanganate and graphite with the ratio of 6:1 was added in an ice bath at the variation of oxidation times of 1, 7 and 24 h and temperatures of 40, 50 and 60 °C. The GOs were characterized by UV–Visible spectroscopy, Fourier Transform InfraRed (FT-IR) spectroscopy, X-ray Diffraction (XRD), Scanning Electron Microscopy-Energy Dispersive X-Ray (SEM-EDX), and Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM). The results show that the GO oxidized at 40 °C for 7 h (GO-7-40) has been successfully formed indicating that GO-7-40 is the most efficient GO. The GO-7-40 is characterized by a peak at 2θ = 10.89° in the XRD diffractogram, resulting calculation of the average distance between graphene layer (d) of 0.81 nm. The average number of graphene layers (n) is 4, the oxidation level (C/O) is 1.50 according to EDX data, λ_max at 226 nm attributes to π→π* transitions of C=C bond in UV-Vis spectrum, and the functional groups such as O-H, C=C, C-OH, and C-OC are observed in FT-IR spectrum.

Keywords

graphene oxide; reducing time; temperature; Tour method

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.22146/ijc.71817