Figure 9. Possible processes in the anodic oxidation of graphite (1-5), as well as oxidation of water molecules from the solvation shell, edited according to [16,17]

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Rapid Synthesis of Yellow Graphite Oxide - One-Step Electrochemical Oxidation of Graphite in Organic Solvents

Andreas Schedy, Beau Matyas, Marco Oetken

World Journal of Chemical Education. 2019, 7(2), 109-119 doi:10.12691/wjce-7-2-11