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The Future of Graphene Oxide-Based Nanomaterials and Their Potential Environmental Applications: A Contemporary View

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Abstract

Environmental safety is vital to life on Earth. Environment and life are interconnected like two sides of a coin. Pollution is a serious challenge in both develo** and developed nations. Rapid rise in human civilization, together with metrological works and industrialization, affects the environment. Due to the excessive release of heavy metal ions, air, water, and soil-borne diseases as corona, cholera, cardiovascular issues, chronic conditions, and cancer increase. Different research organizations use several ways to combat environmental problems. Nanotechnology-based solutions are cost-effective and efficient. Nanomaterials’ multifaceted applications revolutionize science. Its particle-to-size ratio gives a wide surface area with several reactive sites. Carbon-based nanomaterials like graphene, fullerene, carbon nanotubes, graphene oxide, carbon-based quantum dots, etc., have received a lot of attention due to their application to combat environmental issues. Through this chapter, we want to draw researchers’ and academics’ attention to recent trends and applications of graphene oxide based photocatalysts in degradation of organic dye pollutants, biomedical significance, challenges, and future perspectives which will improve the development and application of more multidimensional nanomaterials to human health and for the development of biodiagnostics.

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Abbreviations

Ag/AgCl:

Silver /Silver chloride

As:

Arsenic

AmGO:

Amino functionalized graphene oxide

BET:

Brunauer, Emmett and Teller

BMIMCIIL:

1- butyl 3- methyl imidazolium chloride

CGA:

Cellulose-graphene oxide composite aerogel

CGO:

Aerogels of cellulose and graphene oxide

CS:

Chitosan

CM:

Ceramic membrane

CMC:

Carboxymethyl cellulose

CRZ:

Carbendazim

CV:

Cyclic voltametric

DCC:

N, N\(^{\prime}\)-dicyclohexylcarbodiimide

DLVO:

Derjaguin–Landau–Verwey–Overbeek (DLVO) theory

FSC:

Furniture scraps charcoal

FTIR:

Fourier Transform Infrared

EDX:

Energy-dispersive X-ray spectra

GGO:

Gd2O3-doped graphene oxide

GO:

Graphene oxides

GO/LDH(GL):

Graphene oxide/layered double hydroxides composites

GO/GCE:

Graphene oxide (GO)-based glassy carbon electrode

GO-coumarin (GC):

Graphene oxide (GO)–coumarin (GC)

GO-SiO2:

Silica–graphene oxide nanocomposite

HGAAS:

Hydride generation atomic absorption spectroscopy

hrGO:

Hydrothermal reduction graphene oxide

hrGO-Trp:

Tryptophan cross-linked hrGO membranes

IL:

Ionic liquid

LDH:

Layered double hydroxides

LOD VALUE:

Limit of detection

M/GO:

Graphene oxide based magnetic nanocomposite

MB:

Methylene blue

MG:

Malachite green

MGO:

Magnetic graphene oxide

mGO:

Multilayer graphene oxide

MO:

Methyl orange

PPD:

p-Phenylenediamine

PPy:

Polypyrrole

PVC:

Poly vinyl chloride

PS:

Polystyrene

RB:

Rose Bengal

rGO:

Reduced graphene oxide

Rh6G:

Rhodamine 6G

SEM:

Scanning electron microscopy

SWV:

Square wave voltammetry

TEM:

Transmission electron microscopy

TGA:

Thermogravimetric analysis

T-GO-C:

Thymine-GO-Carbohydrazide

TSC:

Thiosemicarbazide

UV-Vis:

Ultraviolet-visible

XRD:

X-ray diffractometer

Zr-MnO2-RGO:

Zirconium (Zr) decorated with manganese dioxide (MnO2) nanoparticles-functionalized reduced graphene oxide (RGO)

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PP is thankful to the Department of Chemistry, RIE, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India. SC is grateful to the Department of Basic Sciences, IES University, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India. KSBN would like to acknowledge Research fellowship from Durban University of Technology, South Africa.

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Chakroborty, S., Panda, P., Krishna, S.B.N. (2023). The Future of Graphene Oxide-Based Nanomaterials and Their Potential Environmental Applications: A Contemporary View. In: Prakash, J., Cho, J., Campos Janegitz, B., Sun, S. (eds) Multifunctional Hybrid Semiconductor Photocatalyst Nanomaterials. Advances in Material Research and Technology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-39481-2_7

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