Environmentally friendly route for graphene oxide production via electrochemical synthesis focused on the adsorptive removal of dyes from water.

This work shows a promising, environmentally friendly and greener alternative for the production and application of electrochemically produced Graphene Oxide (GO) for the adsorptive removal of Methylene Blue (MB) dye in an aqueous medium. During the adsorption tests, GO produced via electrochemical route reached the equilibrium in only 10 min of contact, exhibiting a percentage removal of MB over 97%. It could also be observed that the experimental data better fitted to the pseudo-second order kinetic model.