Photoreduction of graphite oxide nanosheets with vacuum ultraviolet radiation

Abstract

Films of graphite oxide nanosheets have been prepared by deposition from an aqueous alcohol emulsion onto a Teflon FEP substrate. The behavior of the films exposed to monochromatic vacuum UV radiation at a wavelength of 123.6 nm has been studied. It has been found that irradiation decreases the water content and the amount of hydroxyl (OH) groups and increases the concentration of double bonds in the film. At the same time, irradiation does not decrease the amount of C=O groups in the carboxyl and ketone moieties.