Chemical instability of graphene oxide following exposure to highly reactive radicals in advanced oxidation processes

The rapidly increasing and widespread use of graphene oxide (GO) as catalyst supports, requires further understanding of its chemical stability in advanced oxidation processes (AOPs). In this study, UV/H2O2 and UV/persulfate (UV/PS) processes were selected to test the chemical instability of GO in terms of their performance in producing highly reactive hydroxyl radicals (OH) and sulfate radicals (SO4-), respectively. The degradation...