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pH Dependence of Ultrafast Charge Dynamics in Graphene Oxide Dispersions
journal contribution
posted on 2019-04-04, 00:00 authored by Georgia Kime, Kai-Ge Zhou, Samantha J. O. Hardman, Rahul R. Nair, Konstantin Sergeevich Novoselov, Daria V. Andreeva, David J. BinksThe pH dependence
of emission from graphene oxide is believed to
be due to the protonation of surface functional groups. In this study,
we use transient absorption spectroscopy to study the sub-picosecond
charge dynamics in graphene oxide over a range of pH values, observing
dynamics consistent with an excited-state protonation step for pH
< 9.3. The timescale of this process is ∼1.5 ps, and a corresponding
change in recombination dynamics follows. A broad photo-induced absorption
peak centered at 530 nm associated with excited-state protonation
is also observed.