• 文献标题:   A Molecular Understanding of the Gas-Phase Reduction and Doping of Graphene Oxide
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   XU SL, DONG JW, PAN LJ, QUE XF, ZHENG YD, SHI Y, WANG XR
  • 作者关键词:   graphene, doping, reduction, molecular dynamic
  • 出版物名称:   NANO RESEARCH
  • ISSN:   1998-0124 EI 1998-0000
  • 通讯作者地址:   Nanjing Univ
  • 被引频次:   10
  • DOI:   10.1007/s12274-012-0216-3
  • 出版年:   2012

▎ 摘  要

Chemical reduction of graphene oxide represents an important route towards large-scale production of graphene sheets for many applications. Thus far, gas-phase reactions have been demonstrated to efficiently reduce graphene oxide, but a molecular understanding of the reaction processes is largely lacking. Here, using molecular dynamics simulations, we compare the reduction of graphene oxide in different environments. We find that NH3 affords more efficient reduction of hydroxyl and epoxide groups than H-2 and vacuum annealing partly due to lower energy barriers. Various reduction paths of oxygen groups in NH3 and H-2 are quantitatively identified. Furthermore, we show that with the combination of vacancies and oxygen groups, pyridinic- or pyrrolic-like nitrogen can readily be incorporated into graphene. All of these nitrogen configurations lead to n-doping of the graphene. Our results are consistent with many previous experiments and provide insights towards doping engineering of graphene.