TY - JOUR
T1 - Semi-transparent graphite films growth on Ni and their double-sided polymer-free transfer.
AU - Deokar, Geetanjali Baliram
AU - Genovese, Alessandro
AU - Surya, Sandeep Goud
AU - Long, Chen
AU - Salama, Khaled N.
AU - Da Costa, Pedro M. F. J.
N1 - KAUST Repository Item: Exported on 2020-10-01
Acknowledged KAUST grant number(s): (BAS/1/1346-01-01
Acknowledgements: This work was supported by KAUST (BAS/1/1346-01-01). We are grateful to Dr. Elisabeth Lutanie, KAUST, for her contribution in technical english corrections. Illustrations (Fig. 2a and Fig. 6c) were produced by Xavier Pita, scientific illustrator at KAUST. We thank the Core Labs, KAUST, for their continuous technical support and use of their equipment.
PY - 2020/9/8
Y1 - 2020/9/8
N2 - Nanorange thickness graphite films (NGFs) are robust nanomaterials that can be produced via catalytic chemical vapour deposition but questions remain regarding their facile transfer and how surface topography may affect their application in next-generation devices. Here, we report the growth of NGFs (with an area of 55 cm2 and thickness of ~ 100 nm) on both sides of a polycrystalline Ni foil and their polymer-free transfer (front- and back-side, in areas up to 6 cm2). Due to the catalyst foil topography, the two carbon films differed in physical properties and other characteristics such as surface roughness. We demonstrate that the coarser back-side NGF is well-suited for NO2 sensing, whereas the smoother and more electrically conductive front-side NGF (2000 S/cm, sheet resistance - 50 Ω/sq) could be a viable conducting channel or counter electrode in solar cells (as it transmits 62% of visible light). Overall, the growth and transfer processes described could help realizing NGFs as an alternative carbon material for those technological applications where graphene and micrometer-thick graphite films are not an option.
AB - Nanorange thickness graphite films (NGFs) are robust nanomaterials that can be produced via catalytic chemical vapour deposition but questions remain regarding their facile transfer and how surface topography may affect their application in next-generation devices. Here, we report the growth of NGFs (with an area of 55 cm2 and thickness of ~ 100 nm) on both sides of a polycrystalline Ni foil and their polymer-free transfer (front- and back-side, in areas up to 6 cm2). Due to the catalyst foil topography, the two carbon films differed in physical properties and other characteristics such as surface roughness. We demonstrate that the coarser back-side NGF is well-suited for NO2 sensing, whereas the smoother and more electrically conductive front-side NGF (2000 S/cm, sheet resistance - 50 Ω/sq) could be a viable conducting channel or counter electrode in solar cells (as it transmits 62% of visible light). Overall, the growth and transfer processes described could help realizing NGFs as an alternative carbon material for those technological applications where graphene and micrometer-thick graphite films are not an option.
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10754/665070
UR - http://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-71435-7
U2 - 10.1038/s41598-020-71435-7
DO - 10.1038/s41598-020-71435-7
M3 - Article
C2 - 32895394
SN - 2045-2322
VL - 10
JO - Scientific reports
JF - Scientific reports
IS - 1
ER -