• 文献标题:   Influence of the Morphology on the Functionalization of Graphene Nanoplatelets Analyzed by Comparative Photoelectron Spectroscopy with Soft and Hard X-Rays
  • 文献类型:   Article, Early Access
  • 作  者:   CHEMELLO G, KNIGGE X, CIORNII D, REED BP, POLLARD AJ, CLIFFORD CA, HOWE T, VYAS N, HODOROABA VD, RADNIK J
  • 作者关键词:   fluorine, functionalized graphene, hard xray photoelectron spectroscopy, oxygen, raw, xray photoelectron spectroscopy
  • 出版物名称:   ADVANCED MATERIALS INTERFACES
  • ISSN:   2196-7350
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  • 被引频次:   0
  • DOI:   10.1002/admi.202300116 EA JUN 2023
  • 出版年:   2023

▎ 摘  要

Since its isolation, graphene has received growing attention from academia and industry due to its unique properties. However, the "what is my material" barrier hinders further commercialization. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) is considered as a method of choice for the determination of the elemental and chemical composition. In this work the influence of the morphology of graphene particles on the XPS results is studied and investigated as a function of X-ray energy, using conventional XPS with Al K alpha radiation and hard X-ray photoemission spectroscopy (HAXPES) using Cr K alpha radiation. Thereby, the information depth is varied between 10 and 30 nm. For this purpose, two commercial powders containing graphene nanoplatelets with lateral dimensions of either approximate to 100 nm or in the micrometer range are compared. These larger ones exist as stack of graphene layers which is inspected with scanning electron microscopy. Both kinds of particles are then functionalized with either oxygen or fluorine. The size of the graphene particles is found to influence the degree of functionalization. Only the combination of XPS and HAXPES allows to detect the functionalization at the outermost surface of the particles or even of the stacks and to provide new insights into the functionalization process.