ABSTRACT
Interest in graphene-based nanostructures received a great advance since the discovery of graphene in 2004. Since then there has been far-ranging research work on graphene-based nanomaterials. This chapter reviews the research work on the synthesis and applications of graphene-based nanostructures, such as the synthesis of organic molecule–modified graphene, inorganic modified graphene. Graphene-based nanostructures are one of the most important classes of functional nanomaterials. Graphene is a single atomic layer of carbon atoms bonded in a hexagonal lattice in perfect crystalline order, with two carbon atoms per unit cell. Some of these nanostructures have already been used in nanotechnological applications, for examples, lithium ion batteries, nickel metal hydride batteries, removal of dyes from water, and fluorescence quench. Graphite oxide or graphene oxide paper is a layered material produced by the oxidation of graphite, which owns hydroxyl and epoxide functional groups on their basal planes besides carbonyl and carboxyl groups located at the sheet edges.
