Physical properties of reduced graphene oxide (rGO) are strongly dependent on the ratio of sp2 to sp3 hybridized carbon atoms and the presence of different functional groups in its structural framework. This research for the very first time illustrates successful wafer scale integration of graphene-related materials by a pulsed laser deposition technique, and controlled conversion of p to n-type 2D rGO by pulsed laser annealing using a nanosecond ArF excimer laser. Reduced graphene oxide is grown onto c-sapphire by employing pulsed laser deposition in a laser MBE chamber and is intrinsically p-type in nature. Subsequent laser annealing converts p into n-type rGO. The XRD, SEM, and Raman spectroscopy indicate the presence of large-area rGO onto c-sapphire having Raman-active vibrational modes: D, G, and 2D. High-resolution SEM and AFM reveal the morphology due to interfacial instability and formation of n-type rGO. Temperature-dependent resistance data of rGO thin films follow the Efros-Shklovskii variable-range-hopping model in the low-temperature region and Arrhenius conduction in the high-temperature regime. The photoluminescence spectra also reveal less intense and broader blue fluorescence spectra, indicating the presence of miniature sized sp2 domains in the vicinity of π* electronic states, which favor the VRH transport phenomena. The XPS results reveal a reduction of the rGO network after laser annealing with the C/O ratio measuring as high as 23% after laser-assisted reduction. The p to n-type conversion is due to the reduction of the rGO framework which also decreases the ratio of the intensity of the D peak to that of the G peak as it is evident from the Raman spectra. This wafer scale integration of rGO with c-sapphire and p to n-type conversion employing a laser annealing technique at room temperature and pressure will be useful for large-area electronic devices and will open a new frontier for further extensive research in graphene-based functionalized 2D materials.
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March 29 2017
Conversion of p to n-type reduced graphene oxide by laser annealing at room temperature and pressure
Anagh Bhaumik;
Anagh Bhaumik
Department of Materials Science and Engineering,
Centennial Campus North Carolina State University
, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-7907, USA
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Jagdish Narayan
Jagdish Narayan
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Department of Materials Science and Engineering,
Centennial Campus North Carolina State University
, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-7907, USA
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J. Appl. Phys. 121, 125303 (2017)
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Received:
January 15 2017
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March 15 2017
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Anagh Bhaumik, Jagdish Narayan; Conversion of p to n-type reduced graphene oxide by laser annealing at room temperature and pressure. J. Appl. Phys. 28 March 2017; 121 (12): 125303. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4979211
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