Compressed glassy carbon maintaining graphite-like structure with linkage formation between graphene layers

Shibazaki, Yuki; Kono, Yoshio; Shen, Guoyin

doi:10.1038/s41598-019-43954-5

Compressed glassy carbon maintaining graphite-like structure with linkage formation between graphene layers

Journal Article · Fri May 17 00:00:00 EDT 2019 · Scientific Reports

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-43954-5· OSTI ID:1619002

Shibazaki, Yuki; Kono, Yoshio; Shen, Guoyin

Abstract

Amorphous diamond, formed by high-pressure compression of glassy carbon, is of interests for new carbon materials with unique properties such as high compressive strength. Previous studies attributed the ultrahigh strength of the compressed glassy carbon to structural transformation from graphite-like sp ² -bonded structure to diamond-like sp ³ -bonded structure. However, there is no direct experimental determination of the bond structure of the compressed glassy carbon, because of experimental challenges. Here we succeeded to experimentally determine pair distribution functions of a glassy carbon at ultrahigh pressures up to 49.0 GPa by utilizing our recently developed double-stage large volume cell. Our results show that the C-C-C bond angle in the glassy carbon remains close to 120°, which is the ideal angle for the sp ² -bonded honey-comb structure, up to 49.0 GPa. Our data clearly indicate that the glassy carbon maintains graphite-like structure up to 49.0 GPa. In contrast, graphene interlayer distance decreases sharply with increasing pressure, approaching values of the second neighbor C-C distance above 31.4 GPa. Linkages between the graphene layers may be formed with such a short distance, but not in the form of tetrahedral sp ³ bond. The unique structure of the compressed glassy carbon may be the key to the ultrahigh strength.

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Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: NONE; FG02-99ER45775

OSTI ID:: 1619002

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1524659
OSTI ID: 1572681

Journal Information:: Scientific Reports, Journal Name: Scientific Reports Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 9; ISSN 2045-2322

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Country of Publication:: United Kingdom

Language:: English

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