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Kim HG, Oh IK, Lee S, Jeon S, Choi H, Kim K, Yang JH, Chung JW, Lee J, Kim WH, Lee HBR. Analysis of Defect Recovery in Reduced Graphene Oxide and Its Application as a Heater for Self-Healing Polymers. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2019; 11:16804-16814. [PMID: 30964978 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.8b19955] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
Abstract
Reduced graphene oxide (RGO) obtained from graphene oxide has received much attention because of its simple and cost-effective manufacturing process. Previous studies have demonstrated the scalable production of RGO with relatively high quality; however, irreducible defects on RGO deteriorate the unique intrinsic physical properties of graphene, such as high-mobility electrical charge transport, limiting its potential applicability. Using the enhanced chemical reactivity of such defects, atomic layer deposition (ALD) can be a useful method to selectively passivate the defect sites. Herein, we analyzed the selective formation of Pt by ALD on the defect sites of RGO and investigated the effect of Pt formation on the electrical properties of RGO by using ultrafast terahertz (THz) laser spectroscopy. Time-resolved THz measurements directly corroborated that the degree of the defect-recovering property of ALD Pt-treated RGO appearing as Auger-type sub-picosecond relaxation, which is otherwise absent in pristine RGO. In addition, the conductivity improvement of Pt-recovered RGO was theoretically explained by density functional theory calculations. The ALD Pt-passivated RGO yielded a superior platform for the fabrication of a highly conductive and transparent graphene heater. By using the ALD Pt/RGO heater embedded underneath scratched self-healing polymer materials, we also demonstrated the effective recovery property of self-healing polymers with high-performance heating capability. Our work is expected to result in significant advances toward practical applications for RGO-based flexible and transparent electronics.
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Affiliation(s)
- Hyun Gu Kim
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering , Incheon National University , Incheon 22012 , Korea
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- School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering , Yonsei University , Seoul 03722 , Korea
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- School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering , Yonsei University , Seoul 03722 , Korea
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- Department of Physics , Pusan National University , Busan 46241 , Korea
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- School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering , Yonsei University , Seoul 03722 , Korea
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- Department of Physics , Yonsei University , Seoul 03722 , Korea
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- Department of Organic Materials and Fiber Engineering , Soongsil University , Seoul 06978 , Korea
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- Department of Organic Materials and Fiber Engineering , Soongsil University , Seoul 06978 , Korea
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- Department of Physics , Pusan National University , Busan 46241 , Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering , Hanyang University , Ansan 15588 , Korea
| | - Han-Bo-Ram Lee
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering , Incheon National University , Incheon 22012 , Korea
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