Abstract
Graphene oxide (GO) has attracted much attention because of its incredible physical, chemical, and electrical characteristics in the field of materials science. Herein, Hummer’s method is followed for synthesizing GO, that is characterized using optical, structural, and morphological techniques like UV–Visible absorption spectroscopy, Photoluminescence spectroscopy (PL), X-ray diffraction (XRD), and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The UV–visible absorption spectra shows the absorption peak located at 232 nm which originates from π–π* transition in the aromatic C–C bond. Optical energy gaps have been calculated using Tauc’s plot and found to be 3.34, 3.94, and 4.30 eV. The PL spectra shows a broad peak at 445 nm and its corresponding emission energy is found to be 2.77 eV. The interplanar spacing ~0.87 nm of exfoliated GO sheet was calculated from XRD spectra which suggest 2–3 number of sheets in the exfoliated structure. The SEM micrograph shows larger sheet structure with crumpled morphology.
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The authors are very grateful to CIF, National Institute of Technology, Silchar for giving the opportunity for the characterization of material (XRD analysis).
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Das, N.S., Gogoi, K.K., Chowdhury, A. (2021). Studies on the Optical and Structural Properties of Exfoliated Graphene Oxide. In: Das, B., Patgiri, R., Bandyopadhyay, S., Balas, V.E. (eds) Modeling, Simulation and Optimization. Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, vol 206. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-9829-6_36
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