From graphene oxide towards aminated graphene: facile synthesis, its structure and electronic properties.


Journal

Scientific reports
ISSN: 2045-2322
Titre abrégé: Sci Rep
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101563288

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
23 Apr 2020
Historique:
received: 21 08 2019
accepted: 01 04 2020
entrez: 25 4 2020
pubmed: 25 4 2020
medline: 25 4 2020
Statut: epublish

Résumé

In this paper we present a facile method for the synthesis of aminated graphene derivative through simultaneous reduction and amination of graphene oxide via two-step liquid phase treatment with hydrobromic acid and ammonia solution in mild conditions. The amination degree of the obtained aminated reduced graphene oxide is of about 4 at.%, whereas C/O ratio is up to 8.8 as determined by means of X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. The chemical reactivity of the introduced amine groups is further verified by successful test covalent bonding of the obtained aminated graphene with 3-Chlorobenzoyl chloride. The morphological features and electronic properties, namely conductivity, valence band structure and work function are studied as well, illustrating the influence of amine groups on graphene structure and physical properties. Particularly, the increase of the electrical conductivity, reduction of the work function value and tendency to form wrinkled and corrugated graphene layers are observed in the aminated graphene derivative compared to the pristine reduced graphene oxide. As obtained aminated graphene could be used for photovoltaic, biosensing and catalysis application as well as a starting material for further chemical modifications.

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pubmed: 32327708
doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-63935-3
pii: 10.1038/s41598-020-63935-3
pmc: PMC7181732
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eng

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Auteurs

Maxim K Rabchinskii (MK)

Ioffe Institute, 26 Politekhnicheskaya, 194021, Saint Petersburg, Russia.

Sergei A Ryzhkov (SA)

Ioffe Institute, 26 Politekhnicheskaya, 194021, Saint Petersburg, Russia.

Demid A Kirilenko (DA)

Ioffe Institute, 26 Politekhnicheskaya, 194021, Saint Petersburg, Russia. Demid.Kirilenko@mail.ioffe.ru.
ITMO University, 49 Kronverksky Pr., 197101, Saint Petersburg, Russia. Demid.Kirilenko@mail.ioffe.ru.

Nikolay V Ulin (NV)

Ioffe Institute, 26 Politekhnicheskaya, 194021, Saint Petersburg, Russia.

Marina V Baidakova (MV)

Ioffe Institute, 26 Politekhnicheskaya, 194021, Saint Petersburg, Russia.

Vladimir V Shnitov (VV)

Ioffe Institute, 26 Politekhnicheskaya, 194021, Saint Petersburg, Russia.

Sergei I Pavlov (SI)

Ioffe Institute, 26 Politekhnicheskaya, 194021, Saint Petersburg, Russia.

Ratibor G Chumakov (RG)

NRC "Kurchatov Institute", 1 Akademika Kurchatova pl., 123182, Moscow, Russia.

Dina Yu Stolyarova (DY)

NRC "Kurchatov Institute", 1 Akademika Kurchatova pl., 123182, Moscow, Russia.

Nadezhda A Besedina (NA)

St. Petersburg Academic University, Khlopin St. 8/3, 194021, Saint Petersburg, Russia.

Aleksandr V Shvidchenko (AV)

Ioffe Institute, 26 Politekhnicheskaya, 194021, Saint Petersburg, Russia.

Dmitrii V Potorochin (DV)

ITMO University, 49 Kronverksky Pr., 197101, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg, Akademiestraße 6, 09599, Freiberg, Germany.
Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, 85 Notkestraße, Hamburg, D-22607, Germany.

Friedrich Roth (F)

Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg, Akademiestraße 6, 09599, Freiberg, Germany.

Dmitry A Smirnov (DA)

Institut fur Festkorper und Materialphysik, Technische Universitat Dresden, Dresden, Germany.

Maksim V Gudkov (MV)

Semenov Institute of Chemical Physics of Russian Academy of Sciences, Kosygina St., 4, 119991, Moscow, Russia.

Maria Brzhezinskaya (M)

Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, Hahn-Meitner-Platz 1, 14109, Berlin, Germany.

Oleg I Lebedev (OI)

Laboratoire CRISMAT, ENSICAEN UMR6508, 6 Bd Maréchal Juin, Cedex 4, Caen, 14050, France.

Valery P Melnikov (VP)

Semenov Institute of Chemical Physics of Russian Academy of Sciences, Kosygina St., 4, 119991, Moscow, Russia.

Pavel N Brunkov (PN)

Ioffe Institute, 26 Politekhnicheskaya, 194021, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
ITMO University, 49 Kronverksky Pr., 197101, Saint Petersburg, Russia.

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