Eco-friendly one-pot synthesis of gold decorated reduced graphene oxide using beer as a reducing agent

Mahmoud Amouzadeh Tabrizi; Azam Tavakkoli; Vivek Dhand; Kyong Yop Rhee; Soo-Jin Park

Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, Vol.20, No.6, 4327-4331, November, 2014

DOI10.1016/j.jiec.2014.01.040 Export Citation

Eco-friendly one-pot synthesis of gold decorated reduced graphene oxide using beer as a reducing agent

Mahmoud Amouzadeh Tabrizi^†, Azam Tavakkoli, Vivek Dhand¹, Kyong Yop Rhee^{1, †}, and Soo-Jin Park²

Department of Chemistry, Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences, P.O. Box 45195-1159, Gava Zang, Zanjan, Iran
¹Department of Mechanical Engineering, Kyung Hee University, 1Seocheon, Giheung, Yongin, Gyeonggi 449-701, South Korea
²Department of Chemistry, Inha University, Incheon, South Korea

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A facile, eco-friendly and economical approach was demonstrated for the synthesis of gold-decorated reduced graphene oxide nanocomposites (rGO-Aunano) using beer as a reducing agent via a hydrothermal method. The phenolic compounds of beer play a key role in the reduction of graphene oxide and the gold precursor. The obtained rGO-Aunano was characterized by X-ray diffraction, UV-vis absorption spectroscopy, electron microscopy, atomic force microscopy and the electrochemical impedance spectroscopy. Analysis revealed that the electron-transfer resistance of rGO-Aunano/GCE was much lower than that of the GCE and GO/GCE. The proposed nanocomposites have excellent electrocatalytical properties for catalytic reduction of O2 in solution.

Keywords:Graphene;Gold;Eco-Friendly;Beer;Nanocomposite;Electrochemistry

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