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Synthesis of High Quality Few Layer Graphene Sheets in Large Quantities by Radio Frequency Chemical Vapor Deposition

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This work reports a low-cost method for large scale production of high quality graphene via radio-frequency chemical vapor deposition. High quantities of graphene were successfully synthesized on the Fe-Co/MgO (2.5:2.5:95 wt.%) catalytic system utilizing acetylene as a hydrocarbon source at 1000 °C. The as-produced graphene sheets were purified in a single step by washing with a diluted hydrochloric acid solution under sonication. Next, they were thoroughly characterized by microscopy, spectroscopy, and X-Ray diffraction. Advanced transmission electron microscopy and atomic force microscopy analyses have indicated the formation of 3-5 layered graphene nanosheets. Thorough analyses by Raman spectroscopy were also performed demonstrating the presence of high quality and few-layer graphene samples. This low cost and highly reproducible method may be applied in a straightforward way to produce large quantities of graphene for various advanced applications.

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  1. UALR Nanotechnology Center University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Little Rock, AR, 72204, USA

    Enkeleda Dervishi, Zhongrui Li, Fumiya Watanabe, Jimmy Shyaka, Jean Luc Umwungeri & Alexandru S. Biris

  2. Department of Physics, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, 73019, USA

    Abhijit Biswas

  3. Ecole d’Ingenieurs du CESI-EIA, La Couronne, France

    Aurelie Courte

  4. National Institute for Research and Development of Isotopic and Molecular Technologies, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

    Alexandru R. Biris

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Dervishi, E., Li, Z., Watanabe, F. et al. Synthesis of High Quality Few Layer Graphene Sheets in Large Quantities by Radio Frequency Chemical Vapor Deposition. MRS Online Proceedings Library 1204, 536 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1557/PROC-1204-K05-36

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