Anion intercalated graphite: a combined electrochemical and tribological investigation by in situ AFM.
AFM
Cyclic-voltammetry
HOPG intercalation
in situ
tribological analysis
Journal
Journal of microscopy
ISSN: 1365-2818
Titre abrégé: J Microsc
Pays: England
ID NLM: 0204522
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Dec 2020
Dec 2020
Historique:
received:
24
03
2020
revised:
21
05
2020
accepted:
25
05
2020
pubmed:
31
5
2020
medline:
31
5
2020
entrez:
31
5
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
The intercalation of graphite by electrochemical methods is an efficient strategy to produce massive graphene flakes. In fact, when graphite is biased inside an acidic solution, anions enter inside the stratified structure of the electrode and reduce the layer-to-layer interaction. Consequently, a gentle sonication is sufficient to disperse the graphene flakes inside the electrolyte. In view of an optimisation of the production protocol, a detailed analysis of the intercalation mechanism at the molecular length scale is mandatory. In the last 30 years, electrochemical (EC) scanning probe microscopies (e.g. EC-STM and in situ AFM) have been widely exploited in this research topic. In fact, these techniques have the possibility of combining the EC characterisation (e.g. cyclic-voltammetry, CV) with mechanical characterisation (e.g. adhesion and friction) and topography acquisition with high (molecular) lateral resolution. In this work, we investigate the tribological properties of the basal surface of graphite before and after the anion intercalation. By comparing the results acquired after the extraction of the graphite electrode from the EC cell with those collected inside the EC cell during the CV by an in situ AFM, we show how some features deriving from anisotropic friction can be exploited to unveil the very early stage of graphite exfoliation.
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Journal Article
Langues
eng
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© 2020 Royal Microscopical Society.
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