• 文献标题:   Hybrid Films with Graphene Oxide and Metal Nanoparticles Could Now Replace Indium Tin Oxide
  • 文献类型:   Editorial Material
  • 作  者:   VARELARIZO H, MARTINGULLON I, TERRONES M
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  • 出版物名称:   ACS NANO
  • ISSN:   1936-0851
  • 通讯作者地址:   Penn State Univ
  • 被引频次:   33
  • DOI:   10.1021/nn302221q
  • 出版年:   2012

▎ 摘  要

Graphene oxide (G-O), a highly oxidized sheet of sp(2)-hybridized carbon with insulating electrical properties, can be transformed into graphene if it is adequately reduced. In the past, researchers believed that reduced G-O (rG-O) could be highly conducting, but it has been shown that the presence of extended vacancies and defects within rG-O negatively affect its electrical transport. Although these observations indicated that rG-O could not be used in the fabrication of any electronic device, in this issue of ACS Nano, Ruoffs group demonstrates that rG-O can Indeed be used for producing efficient transparent conducting films (TCFs) if the rG-O material is coupled with Au nanoparticles (Au-NPs) and Ag nanowires (Ag-NWs). The work further demonstrates that these hybrid films containing zero-dimensional (Au-NPs), one-dimensional (Ag-NWs), and two-dimensional (rG-O) elements exhibit high optical transmittance (e.g., 90%) and low sheet resistance (20-30 Omega/rectangle), with values comparable to those of indium tin oxide (ITO) film. In addition, Ruoff's group notes that the presence of Ag-NWs and rG-O in the films showed antibacterial properties, thus demonstrating that it is now possible to produce flexible TCFs with bactericidel functions. The data show that smart hybrid films containing rG-O and different types of NPs and NWs could be synthesized easily and could result in smart films with unprecedented functions and applications.