Lateral assembly of oxidized graphene flakes into large-scale transparent conductive thin films with a three-dimensional surfactant 4-sulfocalix[4]arene
Graphene is a promising candidate material for transparent conductive films because of its excellent conductivity and one-carbon-atom thickness. Graphene oxide flakes prepared by Hummers method are typically several microns in size and must be pieced together in order to create macroscopic films. We...
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| author | Wang, Jing Che, Jianfei Thong, Ya Xuan Lu, Albert Chee Wai Chan-Park, Mary B. Sundramoorthy, Ashok Kumar Wang, Yilei |
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| author_facet | School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering Wang, Jing Che, Jianfei Thong, Ya Xuan Lu, Albert Chee Wai Chan-Park, Mary B. Sundramoorthy, Ashok Kumar Wang, Yilei |
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| description | Graphene is a promising candidate material for transparent conductive films because of its excellent conductivity and one-carbon-atom thickness. Graphene oxide flakes prepared by Hummers method are typically several microns in size and must be pieced together in order to create macroscopic films. We report a macro-scale thin film fabrication method which employs a three-dimensional (3-D) surfactant, 4-sulfocalix[4]arene (SCX), as a lateral aggregating agent. After electrochemical exfoliation, the partially oxidized graphene (oGr) flakes are dispersed with SCX. The SCX forms micelles, which adsorb on the oGr flakes to enhance their dispersion, also promote aggregation into large-scale thin films under vacuum filtration. A thin oGr/SCX film can be shaved off from the aggregated oGr/SCX cake by immersing the cake in water. The oGr/SCX thin-film floating on the water can be subsequently lifted from the water surface with a substrate. The reduced oGr (red-oGr) films can be as thin as 10−20 nm with a transparency of >90% and sheet resistance of 890 ± 47 kΩ/sq. This method of electrochemical exfoliation followed by SCX-assisted suspension and hydrazine reduction, avoids using large amounts of strong acid (unlike Hummers method), is relatively simple and can easily form a large scale conductive and transparent film from oGr/SCX suspension. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/1056722023-12-29T06:52:15Z Lateral assembly of oxidized graphene flakes into large-scale transparent conductive thin films with a three-dimensional surfactant 4-sulfocalix[4]arene Wang, Jing Che, Jianfei Thong, Ya Xuan Lu, Albert Chee Wai Chan-Park, Mary B. Sundramoorthy, Ashok Kumar Wang, Yilei School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering A*STAR SIMTech DRNTU::Engineering::Chemical engineering Graphene is a promising candidate material for transparent conductive films because of its excellent conductivity and one-carbon-atom thickness. Graphene oxide flakes prepared by Hummers method are typically several microns in size and must be pieced together in order to create macroscopic films. We report a macro-scale thin film fabrication method which employs a three-dimensional (3-D) surfactant, 4-sulfocalix[4]arene (SCX), as a lateral aggregating agent. After electrochemical exfoliation, the partially oxidized graphene (oGr) flakes are dispersed with SCX. The SCX forms micelles, which adsorb on the oGr flakes to enhance their dispersion, also promote aggregation into large-scale thin films under vacuum filtration. A thin oGr/SCX film can be shaved off from the aggregated oGr/SCX cake by immersing the cake in water. The oGr/SCX thin-film floating on the water can be subsequently lifted from the water surface with a substrate. The reduced oGr (red-oGr) films can be as thin as 10−20 nm with a transparency of >90% and sheet resistance of 890 ± 47 kΩ/sq. This method of electrochemical exfoliation followed by SCX-assisted suspension and hydrazine reduction, avoids using large amounts of strong acid (unlike Hummers method), is relatively simple and can easily form a large scale conductive and transparent film from oGr/SCX suspension. Published version 2015-06-26T05:04:06Z 2019-12-06T21:55:35Z 2015-06-26T05:04:06Z 2019-12-06T21:55:35Z 2015 2015 Journal Article Sundramoorthy, A. K., Wang, Y., Wang, J., Che, J., Thong, Y. X., Lu, A. C. W., et al. (2015). Lateral assembly of oxidized graphene flakes into large-scale transparent conductive thin films with a three-dimensional surfactant 4-sulfocalix[4]arene. Scientific Reports, 5, 10716-. 2045-2322 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/105672 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/26110 10.1038/srep10716 26040436 en Scientific Reports This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in the credit line; if the material is not included under the Creative Commons license, users will need to obtain permission from the license holder to reproduce the material. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | DRNTU::Engineering::Chemical engineering Wang, Jing Che, Jianfei Thong, Ya Xuan Lu, Albert Chee Wai Chan-Park, Mary B. Sundramoorthy, Ashok Kumar Wang, Yilei Lateral assembly of oxidized graphene flakes into large-scale transparent conductive thin films with a three-dimensional surfactant 4-sulfocalix[4]arene |
| title | Lateral assembly of oxidized graphene flakes into large-scale transparent conductive thin films with a three-dimensional surfactant 4-sulfocalix[4]arene |
| title_full | Lateral assembly of oxidized graphene flakes into large-scale transparent conductive thin films with a three-dimensional surfactant 4-sulfocalix[4]arene |
| title_fullStr | Lateral assembly of oxidized graphene flakes into large-scale transparent conductive thin films with a three-dimensional surfactant 4-sulfocalix[4]arene |
| title_full_unstemmed | Lateral assembly of oxidized graphene flakes into large-scale transparent conductive thin films with a three-dimensional surfactant 4-sulfocalix[4]arene |
| title_short | Lateral assembly of oxidized graphene flakes into large-scale transparent conductive thin films with a three-dimensional surfactant 4-sulfocalix[4]arene |
| title_sort | lateral assembly of oxidized graphene flakes into large scale transparent conductive thin films with a three dimensional surfactant 4 sulfocalix 4 arene |
| topic | DRNTU::Engineering::Chemical engineering |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/105672 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/26110 |
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