Green and low-cost approach for graphene oxide reduction using natural plant extracts

Abstract

The chemical reduction of graphene oxide (GO) involved toxic and harmful reducing compounds. These reductants require the addition of a stabilizer to avoid the reduced graphene oxide (rGO) aggregation during the reduction process. In this article, a green approach for the GO reduction using different natural extracts was proposed. The different constituents of the studied extracts were analyzed using GC–MS, and an evaluation of their reduction activity was examined using XRD, and UV Vis/FTIR/Raman spectroscopy. The morphology surface of rGO was analyzed using scanning electron microscopy (SEM).