• 文献标题:   Eliminating the Galvanic Corrosion Effect of Graphene Coating by an Accurate and Rapid Self-Assembling Defect Healing Approach
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   WU YH, SUN TY, GE TH, ZHAO WJ, HUANG LF
  • 作者关键词:   1h, 1h, 2h, 2hperfluorooctanethiol, defect healing, electronic propertie, galvanic corrosion, graphene
  • 出版物名称:   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS
  • ISSN:   1616-301X EI 1616-3028
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  • 被引频次:   8
  • DOI:   10.1002/adfm.202110264 EA DEC 2021
  • 出版年:   2022

▎ 摘  要

The structural defects on graphene grown on a metal substrate via chemical vapor deposition can readily stimulate severe galvanic corrosion phenomena. For any defect passivation method that can be technologically promising for superior corrosion-resistant graphene coatings, efficiency and accuracy are two critical but still challenging requirements. In this work, the authors design a rapid processing method (within just 15 min) that can accurately heal various structural defects of different types and sizes on graphene coating, where the hydrophobic 1H,1H,2H,2H-perfluorooctanethiol (PFOT) molecules are self-assembled onto the defect sites. The surface morphologies, atomic bonding states, and defect-healing mechanism are deeply understood by comprehensive experimental characterizations and first-principles calculations. Both weak physical PFOT-pristine graphene bonding and strong covalent PFOT-defect bonding are two microscopic factors that enhance defect healing efficiency and accuracy. Spatially resolved electronic and electrochemical measurements show that the defect-healing not only effectively suppresses galvanic corrosion phenomena during both short-term and long-term tests, but also well preserves the superior electronic conductivity of pristine graphene. The defect healing strategy proposed here can find its wide potential applications in the fields like electro-industry, coating, and sensors that require the graphene coatings having both superior corrosion resistance and electronic property.