| About this Abstract |
| Meeting |
Materials Science & Technology 2012
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| Symposium
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Controlled Synthesis, Processing, and Applications of Structural and Functional Nanomaterials
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| Presentation Title |
Synthesis of Large-Area Few Layer Graphene Films by Rapid Heating and Cooling in a Modified APCVD Furnace |
| Author(s) |
Lamuel David, Gurpreet Singh |
| On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Lamuel David |
| Abstract Scope |
In this work, we varied various CVD parameters and studied their effect on graphene growth on Cu and Ni substrates subjected to rapid heating/cooling cycles. The furnace was first optimized for graphene growth at atmospheric pressures following procedures available in the literature (total synthesis time of approximately 7 hours). It was later modified to accommodate fast heating (~8 °C/sec) and cooling (~4 °C/sec) of the growth substrate. Electron microscopy followed by Raman spectroscopy demonstrated successful synthesis of graphene on Cu substrate with 20 SCCM of CH4 and 300 SCCM of H2 at 950 °C. The Raman I2D/IG ratio of 0.66 suggests formation of few layer graphene (FLG) films. Hence, the overall time required for graphene synthesis on Cu was reduced from 7 hours to less than an hour. Additional experiments involving fast heating/cooling of Ni substrate produced graphitic layers (>20 layers) under all conditions. |
| Proceedings Inclusion? |
Undecided |