A novel electrochemical synthesis of graphene oxide: Converting waste product to utility

We comprehensively report here a green route for synthesizing graphene oxide (GO) from waste Zn-C dry cell batteries. Here LiCl was used as electrolyte for the electrochemical synthesis of GO from graphite rods extracted from waste batteries. The satisfactory yield of 0.0305 g/h, formulated wholly through basic medium (at pH 9.36), was validated through confirmatory characterizations such as X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis, Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), UV-Vis and Raman spectroscopy, etc. A prominent diffraction peak around 26.70° in the XRD spectra and two prominent excitonic peaks around $1581.31\ \text{cm}^{-1}$ and $2720.25\ \text{cm}^{-1}$ in the Raman spectra were observed for the obtained samples. The overall scheme turned out to be engaging less reactants as well as facile; thus, converting a waste material to a useful product