• 文献标题:   Plasma Jet Printing and in Situ Reduction of Highly Acidic Graphene Oxide
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   DEY A, KRISHNAMURTHY S, BOWEN J, NORDLUND D, MEYYAPPAN M, GANDHIRAMAN RP
  • 作者关键词:   graphene oxide, reduction, plasma jet, printing, flexible electronic, functionalization, surface coating
  • 出版物名称:   ACS NANO
  • ISSN:   1936-0851 EI 1936-086X
  • 通讯作者地址:   Open Univ
  • 被引频次:   5
  • DOI:   10.1021/acsnano.8b00903
  • 出版年:   2018

▎ 摘  要

Miniaturization of electronic devices and the advancement of Internet of Things pose exciting challenges to develop technologies for patterned deposition of functional nanomaterials. Printed and flexible electronic devices and energy storage devices can be embedded onto clothing or other flexible surfaces. Graphene oxide (GO) has gained much attention in printed electronics due its solution processability, robustness, and high electrical conductivity in the reduced state. Here, we introduce an approach to print GO films from highly acidic suspensions with in situ reduction using an atmospheric pressure plasma jet. Low temperature plasma of a He and H-2 mixture was used successfully to reduce a highly acidic GO suspension (pH < 2) in situ during deposition. This technique overcomes the multiple intermediate steps required to increase the conductivity of deposited GO. X-ray spectroscopic studies confirmed that the reaction intermediates and the concentration of oxygen functionalities bonded to GO have been reduced significantly by this approach without any additional steps. Moreover, the reduced GO films showed enhanced conductivity. Hence, this technique has a strong potential for printing conducting patterns of GO for a range of large-scale applications.