Chemical modification of graphene oxide with carbethoxycarbene under microwave irradiation

► Chemical modification of graphene oxide by carbethoxycarbene. ► Carbethoxycarbene can be generated from ethyl diazoacetate under microwave irradiation. ► Characterization with HRTEM, SEM, Raman, FT-IR, UV-vis and XPS. ► The method is efficient, green and rapid for the simple chemical modification of graphene oxide.