Effect of graphite oxide solution concentration on the properties of multilayer graphene
- School of Applied Physics, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia and Department of Physics Education, Faculty of Tarbiyah, Sekolah Tinggi Agama Islam Negeri (STAIN) Batusangkar, 27213, West (Indonesia)
- School of Applied Physics, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 Bangi, Selangor (Malaysia)
- Institute of Microengineering and Nanoelectronics (IMEN), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 Bangi, Selangor (Malaysia)
This paper reports the influence of graphite oxide (GO) solution concentration on the optical and electrical properties of multilayer graphene (MLG) films. Graphene oxide (GrO) films were deposited on the glass substrates by spin coating aqueous solutions of GO with different concentrations (7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 mg/ml). The GrO films were then thermally reduced at temperature of 500°C in argon flow for half an hour to form MLG films. Both the transmittance and sheet resistance decreased with the GO concentration from 8 mg/ml to 9 mg/ml, possibly due to thicker and uniform coverage of MLG over the substrate. However, the transmittance and sheet resistance increased rapidly as the GO concentration reached 11 mg/ml, which can be attributed to poor film quality. The MLG film obtained at concentration of 10 mg/ml showed the highest transmittance/sheet resistance ratio with 69 % transmittance and sheet resistance of 292 ± 63 kΩ/sq. The optimum MLG film was utilized as counter electrode in dye sensitized solar cells based on ZnO nanorods.
- OSTI ID:
- 22262689
- Journal Information:
- AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1571, Issue 1; Conference: 2013 UKM FST postgraduate colloquium, Selangor (Malaysia), 3-4 Jul 2013; Other Information: (c) 2013 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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