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Synthesis and characterization of Graphene as an anode material for lithium-ion batteries Lei Dong1, a Dejun Li1, b Wei Ren1, c, 1College of Physics and Electronic Information Science, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin, 300387, P.R. China axldongcn@126.com, , bdejunli@ ccoolrenwei@163.com Keywords: Nano electrodematerial, Lithium ion battery, Graphite, Graphene. Abstract. In this article, The graphene oxide sheets were prepared from graphite powder through improved Hummers’ method ( it is excluding the NaNO3, increasing the amount of KMnO4, and performing the reaction in a 9:1 mixture of H2SO4/H3PO4 improves the efficiency of the oxidation process. that excluding the NaNO3, increasing the amount of KMnO4, and performing the reaction in a 9:1 mixture of H2SO4/H3PO4 improves the efficiency of the oxidation process.). Then, the obtained graphene oxide be rapid thermal expansion in nitrogen atmosphere. After that the desired grapheme sheets were obtained. the structure and morphology of the carbon anode materials with different dimensions have been characterized through X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), SEM and TEM. The electrochemical performances were evaluated in coin-type cells versus metallic lithium. The results show that graphene as the two dimensional nanomaterials possess more advantages of microstructure and better Li-ions intercalation performances than the traditional materials. Introduction Graphene has enjoyed significant recent attention [1]. Graphene is the name given to a flat monolayer of carbon atoms tightly packed into a two-dimensional(2D) honeycomb lattice, has it can be stacked to form 3D graphite, rolled to form 1D nanotubes, and wrapped to form 0D fullerenes [1]. Recently it attracted great interests for both fundamental and applied research since its discovery by mechanical exfoliation. Graphene has unique chemical and physical properties, such as high chemical stability, excellent conductivity which is