Spontaneous and fast growth of large-area graphene nanofilms facilitated by oil/water interfaces

Shiyu Gan; Lijie Zhong; Tongshun Wu; Dongxue Han; Jingdong Zhang; Jens Ulstrup; Qijin Chi; Li Niu

doi:10.1002/adma.201201098

Spontaneous and fast growth of large-area graphene nanofilms facilitated by oil/water interfaces

Adv Mater. 2012 Aug 2;24(29):3958-64. doi: 10.1002/adma.201201098. Epub 2012 Jun 12.

Authors

Shiyu Gan¹, Lijie Zhong, Tongshun Wu, Dongxue Han, Jingdong Zhang, Jens Ulstrup, Qijin Chi, Li Niu

Affiliation

¹ State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, PR China.

PMID: 22689291
DOI: 10.1002/adma.201201098

Abstract

An efficient wet-chemical method based on soft interfacial self-assembly is developed for spontaneous, fast growth of large-area graphene nanofilms on various substrates. The graphene nanofilms produced show tunable optical properties and a highly reversible optoelectronic response. Complementary to chemical vapor deposition, this method could offer a fast, simple, and low-cost chemical strategy to produce graphene nanofilms.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Graphite / chemistry*
Nanostructures / chemistry*
Oils / chemistry*
Oxidation-Reduction
Oxides / chemistry
Water / chemistry*

Substances

Oils
Oxides
Water
Graphite