TY - JOUR
T1 - Direct growth of graphene films on TEM nickel grids using benzene as precursor
AU - Dai, Gui Ping
AU - Cooke, Peter H.
AU - Deng, Shuguang
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors are thankful to Prof. Lawrence E. Murr and Ms. Sara M. Gaytan of Metallurgical & Materials Engineering, University of Texas at El Paso for their assistances with HRTEM measurements. This project was partially supported by US Department of Energy ( DE-FC36-08GO88008 ).
PY - 2012/4/2
Y1 - 2012/4/2
N2 - We report a direct synthesis of single-layer, bi-layer, and multi-layer graphene films on a nickel grid surface by chemical vapor decomposition of liquid precursor benzene. The direct route, by avoiding several wet chemical steps and accompanying mechanical stresses and contamination common to all presently reported graphene transfer to microscopy grid method, enables providing pristine microstructure information for as-prepared graphene films. A liquid precursor based growth route opens a new door to tailor the electronic properties of graphene by doping heteroatoms using various organic liquids containing the dopant atoms.
AB - We report a direct synthesis of single-layer, bi-layer, and multi-layer graphene films on a nickel grid surface by chemical vapor decomposition of liquid precursor benzene. The direct route, by avoiding several wet chemical steps and accompanying mechanical stresses and contamination common to all presently reported graphene transfer to microscopy grid method, enables providing pristine microstructure information for as-prepared graphene films. A liquid precursor based growth route opens a new door to tailor the electronic properties of graphene by doping heteroatoms using various organic liquids containing the dopant atoms.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.cplett.2012.02.044
DO - 10.1016/j.cplett.2012.02.044
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84858748042
SN - 0009-2614
VL - 531
SP - 193
EP - 196
JO - Chemical Physics Letters
JF - Chemical Physics Letters
ER -