• 文献标题:   On the pH sensitive optoelectronic properties of amphiphilic reduced graphene oxide via grafting of poly(dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate): a signature of p- and n-type doping
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   KUILA A, MAITY N, LAYEK RK, NANDI AK
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  • 出版物名称:   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A
  • ISSN:   2050-7488 EI 2050-7496
  • 通讯作者地址:   Indian Assoc Cultivat Sci
  • 被引频次:   15
  • DOI:   10.1039/c4ta03408b
  • 出版年:   2014

▎ 摘  要

Poly(N,N'-dimethylaminoethyl methacraylate) (PDMAEMA) functionalized reduced graphene oxide (rGO) is synthesized by atom transfer radical polymerization, followed by attachment to rGO via diazonium coupling. The rGO-PDMAEMA (RGP) is characterized by H-1 NMR, UV-Vis, FTIR and Raman spectroscopy. TEM and AFM studies demonstrate the formation of molecular brushes of PDMAEMA chains over rGO surface, and the TGA thermograms indicate 55 wt% grafting of PDMAEMA. RGP is dispersible in the widest spectrum of solvents from CCl4 to water [solubility parameter (delta(p) + delta(h)), 0.6 to 58]. RGP exhibits strongly pH dependent fluorescence properties: at pH 4, it exhibits two emission peaks, but at pH 7 and pH 9.2, a single and broad emission peak is observed. Two emission peaks at pH 4 are attributed to radiative decay of excitons to two kinds of holes in the rGO originating from illumination and p-type doping, which is also characterized by a blue shift of the Raman D band. Moreover, n-type doping of RGP at pH 9.2 is also evident due to a similar Raman shift. The dc-conductivity of RGP at pH 4 is 2 orders higher than that of pH 9.2 and the I-V characteristic curve at pH 7 exhibits a bimodal NDR property with a rectification ratio of 5.5. The bimodal NDR property is explained with a model using density of states and polaronic band.