CARBONLETT, vol. 24, no. 1, pp.47-54, 2017

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5714/CL.

A modified electrode by a facile green preparation of reduced graphene oxide utilizing olive leaves extract

Abeer Baioun^♠, Hassan Kellawi^♠ and Ahamed Falah

Affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Damascus University, Damascus 30621, Syria

Abstract: Different phytochemicals obtained from various natural plant sources are used as reduction agents for preparing gold, copper, silver and platinum nanoparticles. In this work a green method of reducing graphene oxide (rGO) by an inexpensive, effective and scalable method using olive leaf aqueous extract as the reducing agent, was used to produce rGO. Both GO and rGO were prepared and investigated by ultraviolet and visible spectroscopy, Fourier-transform infrared, scanning electron microscopy, atomic force microscopy, thermogravimetric analysis, cyclic voltammetry, X-ray photoelectron spectra, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy and powder X-ray diffraction.

Keyword: olive leaves extract, reduced graphene oxide, green reduction, modified electrode