| GO | Graphene oxide |
| rGO | Reduced graphene oxide |
| MSW | Metropolitan strong squanders |
| GSs | Graphene sheets |
| MPCVD | Microwave plasma assisted chemical vapor deposition |
| PIL-rGO | Poly ionic liquid reduced graphene oxide |
| ErGO | Electrochemically reduced graphene oxide |
| DBD | Dielectric barrier discharge |
| TX-NC-GO and TX-C-GO | Coal-based graphite-like carbons oxides |
| XRD | X-ray diffraction |
| XPS | X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy |
| TEM | Transmission electron microscopy |
| FESEM | Field emission scanning electron microscopy |
| ANOVA | Analysis of variance |
| BBD Design | Box-behnken design |
| SEMEDAX | Scanning electron microscopy energy dispersive X-Ray |
| EDS | Energy dispersive spectroscopy |
| SEM | Scanning electron microscopy |
| FTIR | Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy |
| AFM | Atomic force microscopy |
| SAED | Selected area (electron) diffraction |
| FETEM | Field-emission transmission electron microscope |