Facile, mild and fast thermal-decomposition reduction of graphene oxide in air and its application in high-performance lithium batteries.

We firstly propose a facile, mild and effective thermal-decomposition strategy to prepare high-quality graphene at a low temperature of 300 °C in only 5 min under an ambient atmosphere. Applying the advantage of this strategy that provides an oxidizing atmosphere, pure V(2)O(5)/graphene composite is successfully synthesized and exerts excellent lithium storage properties. This journal is © The Royal Society of Chemistry 2012