Green synthesis of reduced graphene oxide using ball milling

Today, finding superior methods for synthesis of graphene oxide (GO) and reduced graphene oxide (rGO) from commercial graphite, is still a challenge. The global industry requires the use of synthesis methods that are price-competitive and also use processes that are environmentally compatible. GO is a substrate used for several chemical transformations, including its reduction to related materials, such as rGO and graphene. The rGO has been used recently to increase catalytic activity in the o-nitroaniline reduction to NaBH4 and Raman activity in test molecules as p-aminothiophenol [1]. Other authors showed that the rGO in combination with carbon nanotubes has the properties of supercapacitors [2]. Mao et al. [3] obtained a gas sensor type field defect transistor of high sensitivity at low concentrations, using sheets of rGO. On the other hand, rGO linked with Cu2O nanocrystals is capable of removing dye pollution from wastewater [4].