A novel and effective fluorinated graphene hydroxide has been achieved based on graphene hydroxide. Afterward, X-ray diffraction analysis (XRD) and particle-induced X-ray emission (PIXE) techniques were employed in order to evaluate the degree of fluorination process. Synthesis was successfully accomplished using the hydrothermal method, resulting in a fluorine/carbon (F/C) ratio of 0.0286 after fluorination synthesis. It was also revealed that the fluorination process could reduce oxygen functional groups by 90.1%.

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