A Critical Review to Avoid Common Misinterpretations in Characterizing Graphene Oxide

Strong interest in graphene oxide (GO) over the past decades has resulted in significant advances toward numerous applications and progress in understanding its chemistry. A rather broad community of scientists is involved in GO research including specialists in chemistry, physics, life, and materials sciences. While this diversity is a strength, common characterization techniques, such as Raman spectroscopy, FTIR, XPS, and XRD are often misused and inconsistently interpreted. Errors in data processing and analysis often invalidate key conclusions made in research papers. In many cases, experimental data provided in different studies are difficult to compare due to the lack of standardized ways of…

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  Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft

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• KF
  Kazan Federal University
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  H2020 Euratom

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