High-Yield Alkylation and Arylation of Graphene via Grignard Reaction with Fluorographene

Abstract

<p>Covalent functionalization of graphene significantly broadens<br> its application potential via tuning its electronic and<br> surface properties.1,2 Therefore, a wide range of dry and wet<br> chemistry approaches have been developed for graphene<br> functionalization.3−7 Despite recent progress in this field,<br> covalent modification of graphene is still hampered by its low<br> reactivity. Moreover, the reactivity depends on the type of<br> graphene support8,9 and number of graphene layers.10−12<br> Consequently, there is a need for new strategies that permit<br> high yielding graphene functionalization under more controlled<br> conditions.</p>