Graphene Synthesis by Plasma-Enhanced CVD Growth with Ethanol

Campo, Teresa; Cotto, María; Márquez, Francisco; Elizalde, Eduardo; Morant, Carmen

doi:10.3844/ajeassp.2016.574.583

Title: Graphene Synthesis by Plasma-Enhanced CVD Growth with Ethanol

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A modified route to synthesize graphene flakes is proposed using the Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD) technique, by using copper substrates as supports. The carbon source used was ethanol, the synthesis temperature was 950°C and the pressure was controlled along the whole process. In this CVD synthesis process the incorporation of the carbon source was produced at low pressure and 950°C inducing the appearance of a plasma blue flash inside the quartz tube. Apparently, the presence of this plasma blue flash is required for obtaining graphene flakes. The synthesized graphene was characterized by different techniques, showing the presence of non-oxidized graphene with high purity.

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Campo, Teresa ^[1]; Cotto, María ^[2]; Márquez, Francisco ^[2]; Elizalde, Eduardo ^[1]; Morant, Carmen ^[1]

Univ. Autonoma de Madrid (Spain). Dept. of Applied Physics
Univ. of Turabo, Gurabo (Puerto Rico). School of Natural Sciences and Technology

Publication Date:: Tue Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 2016

Research Org.:: Univ. of Turabo, Gurabo (Puerto Rico)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)

OSTI Identifier:: 1335959

Grant/Contract Number:: NA0000672; W911NF-14-1- 0046; ENE2014-57977-C2-1-R; MAT2010- 19804

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 9; Journal Issue: 3; Journal ID: ISSN 1941-7020

Publisher:: Science Publications

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; Graphene Flakes; Chemical Vapor Deposition; Plasma-Enhanced; AFM; Raman Spectroscopy

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                    Campo, Teresa, Cotto, María, Márquez, Francisco, Elizalde, Eduardo, and Morant, Carmen. Graphene Synthesis by Plasma-Enhanced CVD Growth with Ethanol.  United States: N. p., 2016. 
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                    Campo, Teresa, Cotto, María, Márquez, Francisco, Elizalde, Eduardo, & Morant, Carmen. Graphene Synthesis by Plasma-Enhanced CVD Growth with Ethanol.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.3844/ajeassp.2016.574.583

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                    Campo, Teresa, Cotto, María, Márquez, Francisco, Elizalde, Eduardo, and Morant, Carmen. Tue .  
"Graphene Synthesis by Plasma-Enhanced CVD Growth with Ethanol".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.3844/ajeassp.2016.574.583.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1335959.

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  title        = {Graphene Synthesis by Plasma-Enhanced CVD Growth with Ethanol},

  author       = {Campo, Teresa and Cotto, María and Márquez, Francisco and Elizalde, Eduardo and Morant, Carmen},

  abstractNote = {A modified route to synthesize graphene flakes is proposed using the Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD) technique, by using copper substrates as supports. The carbon source used was ethanol, the synthesis temperature was 950°C and the pressure was controlled along the whole process. In this CVD synthesis process the incorporation of the carbon source was produced at low pressure and 950°C inducing the appearance of a plasma blue flash inside the quartz tube. Apparently, the presence of this plasma blue flash is required for obtaining graphene flakes. The synthesized graphene was characterized by different techniques, showing the presence of non-oxidized graphene with high purity.},

  doi          = {10.3844/ajeassp.2016.574.583},

  journal      = {American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences},

  number       = 3,

  volume       = 9,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Tue Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 2016},

  month        = {Tue Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 2016}

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