New Frontiers in Electron Beam-Driven Chemistry in and around Graphene

Mark H Rummeli; Huy Q Ta; Rafael G Mendes; Ignacio G Gonzalez-Martinez; Liang Zhao; Jing Gao; Lei Fu; Thomas Gemming; Alicja Bachmatiuk; Zhongfan Liu

doi:10.1002/adma.201800715

New Frontiers in Electron Beam-Driven Chemistry in and around Graphene

Adv Mater. 2019 Mar;31(9):e1800715. doi: 10.1002/adma.201800715. Epub 2018 Jun 10.

Authors

Mark H Rummeli^{1

2

3}, Huy Q Ta¹, Rafael G Mendes^{1

3}, Ignacio G Gonzalez-Martinez³, Liang Zhao¹, Jing Gao¹, Lei Fu⁴, Thomas Gemming³, Alicja Bachmatiuk^{1

2

3}, Zhongfan Liu⁵

Affiliations

¹ Soochow Institute for Energy and Materials InnovationS, College of Physics, Optoelectronics and Energy, Collaborative Innovation Center of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology, Key Laboratory of Advanced Carbon Materials and Wearable Energy Technologies of Jiangsu Province, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, China.
² Polish Academy of Sciences, M. Curie-Sklodowskiej 34, Zabrze, 41-819, Poland.
³ IFW Dresden, P.O. Box D-01171, Dresden, Germany.
⁴ College of Chemistry and Molecular Science, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072, China.
⁵ Center for Nanochemistry, Beijing Science and Engineering Centre for Nanocarbons, Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China.

PMID: 29888408
DOI: 10.1002/adma.201800715

Abstract

Modern aberration corrected transmission electron microscopes offer the potential for electron beam sensitive materials, such as graphene, to be examined with low energy electrons to minimize, and even avoid, damage while still affording atomic resolution, and thus providing excellent characterization. Here in this review, the exploits in which the electron beam interactions, which are often considered negative, are explored to usefully drive a wealth of chemistry in and around graphene, importantly, with no other external stimuli. After introducing the technique, this review covers carbon phase reactions between amorphous carbon, graphene, fullerenes, carbon chains, and carbon nanotubes. It then explores different studies with clusters and nanoparticles, followed by coverage of single atom and molecule interactions with graphene, and finally concludes and highlights the anticipated exciting future for electron beam driving chemistry in and around graphene.

Keywords: electron beam driven chemistry; graphene; in situ TEM.

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