Issue 10, 2019

Influence of cooling-induced edge morphology evolution during chemical vapor deposition on H2 etching of graphene domains

Abstract

In this paper, we studied the influence of edge morphology evolution during the chemical vapor deposition cooling process on H2 etching of graphene domains. Hexagonal graphene domains were synthesized on a Cu substrate and etched with H2 at atmospheric pressure. After etching, two kinds of graphene edge morphologies were observed, which were closely associated with the cooling process. A visible curvature was observed at the graphene edges via an atomic force microscope, indicating that the graphene edges sank into the Cu surface during the cooling process, which protected the graphene edges from etching. This work demonstrates the changes in graphene edges during cooling and sheds light on the etching mechanism of graphene edges on a Cu substrate.

Graphical abstract: Influence of cooling-induced edge morphology evolution during chemical vapor deposition on H2 etching of graphene domains

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
09 Nov. 2018
Accepted
28 Janv. 2019
First published
18 Febr. 2019
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

RSC Adv., 2019,9, 5865-5869

Influence of cooling-induced edge morphology evolution during chemical vapor deposition on H2 etching of graphene domains

B. Wang, Y. Wang, G. Wang and Q. Zhang, RSC Adv., 2019, 9, 5865 DOI: 10.1039/C8RA09265F

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