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Authors: Abdelkader, A.M., Patten, H.V., Li, Z., Chen, Y. and Kinloch, I.A.

Journal: Nanoscale

Volume: 7

Issue: 26

Pages: 11386-11392

eISSN: 2040-3372

ISSN: 2040-3364

DOI: 10.1039/c5nr02840j

© The Royal Society of Chemistry. We demonstrate a facile and scalable electrochemical approach to exfoliate graphite, which permits in situ hydrogenation of the resultant graphene via a solvated NR < sup > 4+ < /sup > graphite compound in quaternary ammonium-based deep eutectic solvents. Spectroscopic studies reveal the presence of sp < sup > 3 < /sup > C-H bonds in the hydrogenated graphene. The resulting materials consist of micrometre-sized and predominantly monolayer to few layers thick hydrogenated graphenic flakes. A large band gap (∼4 eV) further establishes the high level of hydrogenation. It is also possible to tune the band gap introduced to the graphene by controlling the level of hydrogenation. The mechanism of the exfoliation and hydrogenation is also discussed.