Metal oxide nanoparticle growth on graphene via chemical activation with atomic oxygen.
J Am Chem Soc
; 135(48): 18121-5, 2013 Dec 04.
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ABSTRACT
Chemically interfacing the inert basal plane of graphene with other materials has limited the development of graphene-based catalysts, composite materials, and devices. Here, we overcome this limitation by chemically activating epitaxial graphene on SiC(0001) using atomic oxygen. Atomic oxygen produces epoxide groups on graphene, which act as reactive nucleation sites for zinc oxide nanoparticle growth using the atomic layer deposition precursor diethyl zinc. In particular, exposure of epoxidized graphene to diethyl zinc abstracts oxygen, creating mobile species that diffuse on the surface to form metal oxide clusters. This mechanism is corroborated with a combination of scanning probe microscopy, Raman spectroscopy, and density functional theory and can likely be generalized to a wide variety of related surface reactions on graphene.
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Óxidos
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Oxigênio
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Nanopartículas
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Grafite
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En
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J Am Chem Soc
Ano de publicação:
2013
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Article