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Self-assembly to monolayer graphene film with high electrical conductivity

Yi Lu, Xiao-Yu Yang*, Bao-Lian Su*

a. Laboratory of Living Materials at the State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Material Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology,

Wuhan 430070, Hubei, China; b. Laboratory of Inorganic Materials Chemistry (CMI), University of Namur, B-5000 Namur, Belgium


Abstract

 Monolayer chemically converted graphene (CCG) nanosheets can be homogeneously self-assembled onto silicon wafer modified by 3-aminopropyl triethoxysilane (APTES) to form very thin graphene film. The CCG film was characterized by FT-IR, XRD, SEM, TEM and AFM. Results show that CCG sheets formed monolayer film after assembled onto silicon wafer and there is a very tight chemical bond between sheets and wafer. Furthermore, the electrical measurements revealed that the monolayer graphene film has an excellent electrical conductivity.
Keywords: monolayer graphene self-assemble electrical conductivity   
Received: 2012-12-12; published: 2013-02-06
Cite this article:   
Yi Lu, Xiao-Yu Yang*, Bao-Lian Su* .Self-assembly to monolayer graphene film with high electrical conductivity[J]  Journal of Energy Chemistry, 2013,V22(1): 52-57
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