Green reduction of graphene oxide using Indian gooseberry (amla) extract for gas sensing applications

Mascarenhas, FC and Sykam, N and Selvakumar, M and Mahesha, MG (2020) Green reduction of graphene oxide using Indian gooseberry (amla) extract for gas sensing applications. In: Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 8 (2).

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Abstract

Graphene preparation from reduction of graphene oxide (GO) which is known as reduced graphene oxide (rGO) is considered as one of the promising methods for the development of graphene-based devices on a large scale at low-cost. In the present work, rGO has been successfully prepared using Indian gooseberry (Amla) extract, a green reducing agent, and its sensitivity for ammonia gas molecules has been studied using chemiresistor configuration. About 5 sensitivity was observed for 3 ppm concentration of ammonia gas. Raman and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) spectra have confirmed the formation of rGO. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), ultraviolet visible (UV-vis) spectroscopy and electron microscopy have been adopted for evaluating the quality of synthesized rGO. In addition, the green synthesized rGO has been evaluated for the device suitability by comparing its quality and performance with rGO synthesized using chemical reducing agent (hydrazine hydrate). © 2020 Elsevier Ltd.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering
Publisher:	Elsevier Ltd
Additional Information:	copy right for this article belongs to Elsevier Ltd
Keywords:	Ammonia; Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy; Gas sensing electrodes; Photoelectron spectroscopy; Reduced Graphene Oxide; Reduction; X ray photoelectron spectroscopy, Ammonia gas; Chemiresistors; Gas sensing applications; Hydrazine hydrate; Low costs; Reduced graphene oxides (RGO), Graphene
Department/Centre:	Division of Physical & Mathematical Sciences > Instrumentation Appiled Physics
Date Deposited:	13 Oct 2020 07:16
Last Modified:	13 Oct 2020 07:16
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/65293

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