• 文献标题:   Grafting Ink for Direct Writing: Solvation Activated Covalent Functionalization of Graphene
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   XIA YZ, SUN L, EYLEY S, DAELEMANS B, THIELEMANS W, SEIBEL J, DE FEYTER S
  • 作者关键词:   covalent functionalization of graphene, grafting ink, solvation, electron transfer, direct writing, graphene patterning, reversible functionalization
  • 出版物名称:   ADVANCED SCIENCE
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  • 被引频次:   3
  • DOI:   10.1002/advs.202105017 EA APR 2022
  • 出版年:   2022

▎ 摘  要

Covalent functionalization of graphene (CFG) has shown attractive advantages in tuning the electronic, mechanical, optical, and thermal properties of graphene. However, facile, large-scale, controllable, and highly efficient CFG remains challenging and often involves highly reactive and volatile compounds, requiring complex control of the reaction conditions. Here, a diazonium-based grafting ink consisting of only two components, i.e., an aryl diazonium salt and the solvent dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) is presented. The efficient functionalization is attributed to the combination of the solvation of the diazonium cations by DMSO and n-doping of graphene by DMSO, thereby promoting electron transfer (ET) from graphene to the diazonium cations, resulting in the generation of aryl radicals which subsequently react with the graphene. The grafting density of CFG is controlled by the reaction time and very high levels of functionalization, up to the failing of the Tuinstra-Koenig (T-K) relation, while the functionalization layer remains at monolayer height. The grafting ink, effective for days at room temperature, can be used at ambient conditions and renders the patterning CFG by direct writing as easy as writing on paper. In combination with thermal sample treatment, reversible functionalization is possible by subsequent writing/erasing cycles.