• 文献标题:   Engineering of highly conductive and ultra-thin nitrogen-doped graphene films by combined methods of microwave irradiation, ultrasonic spraying and thermal annealing
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   TUNG TT, ALOTAIBI F, NINE MJ, SILVA R, TRAN DNH, JANOWSKA I, LOSIC D
  • 作者关键词:   graphene thin film, ndoped graphene, graphene ink, graphene coating, ultrasonic spaying
  • 出版物名称:   CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
  • ISSN:   1385-8947 EI 1873-3212
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Adelaide
  • 被引频次:   6
  • DOI:   10.1016/j.cej.2018.01.085
  • 出版年:   2018

▎ 摘  要

We report a new method for the fabrication of highly conductive and transparent ultrathin nitrogen (N) doped graphene films from graphene inks by combining a microwave treatment, ultrasonic nebulizer coating and thermal annealing. The starting graphene oxide (GO) solution was mixed with poly(ionic liquids) (PIL) and treated with microwave (Mw) irradiation to prepare Mw-rGO@PIL inks, which is a gentle reduction of PIL-attached reduced graphene oxide (rGO). In this non-contacting heating method, the PIL was used to not only mediate microwave irradiation and prevent disorder of the graphitic structure, but also repair the lattice defects and introduce nitrogen into the graphitic structure. The ultra-thin graphene films were prepared using the nebulizer for controlling the aerosol droplet distribution of the Mw-rGO@PIL inks coated onto quartz or glass substrates. The prepared films displayed a surface resistance of similar to 1.45x10(7) Omega/sq at a transparency of similar to 87%. A further thermal treatment was conducted to improve the conductivity of the prepared films by annealing at a high temperature (900 degrees C), which allowed complete reduction of oxygen containing groups, enhanced graphitization, and reordering of the basal graphene plane and N-doping of the carbon lattice (pyrolytic PIL). The resulting thin films significantly reduced the surface resistance in the range of 1.5x10(3) to 6.2x10(3) Omega/sq at a transparency ranging from 68 to 82%, respectively. The presented method involving in situ N-doping offers a promising environmentally-friendly, low-cost and scalable manufacture of high-quality conductive N-doped graphene films.