• 文献标题:   Identification of Semiconductive Patches in Thermally Processed Monolayer Oxo-Functionalized Graphene
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   WANG ZP, YAO QR, NEUMANN C, BORRNERT F, RENNER J, KAISER U, TURCHANIN A, ZANDVLIET HJW, EIGLER S
  • 作者关键词:   electrical transport propertie, graphene oxide, microscopy, oxofunctionalized graphene, semiconductor
  • 出版物名称:   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIEINTERNATIONAL EDITION
  • ISSN:   1433-7851 EI 1521-3773
  • 通讯作者地址:   Free Univ Berlin
  • 被引频次:   2
  • DOI:   10.1002/anie.202004005 EA MAY 2020
  • 出版年:   2020

▎ 摘  要

The thermal decomposition of graphene oxide (GO) is a complex process at the atomic level and not fully understood. Here, a subclass of GO, oxo-functionalized graphene (oxo-G), was used to study its thermal disproportionation. We present the impact of annealing on the electronic properties of a monolayer oxo-G flake and correlated the chemical composition and topography corrugation by two-probe transport measurements, XPS, TEM, FTIR and STM. Surprisingly, we found that oxo-G, processed at 300 degrees C, displays C-C sp(3)-patches and possibly C-O-C bonds, next to graphene domains and holes. It is striking that those C-O-C/C-C sp(3)-separated sp(2)-patches a few nanometers in diameter possess semiconducting properties with a band gap of about 0.4 eV. We propose that sp(3)-patches confine conjugated sp(2)-C atoms, which leads to the local semiconductor properties. Accordingly, graphene with sp(3)-C in double layer areas is a potential class of semiconductors and a potential target for future chemical modifications.