Thermal reduction of graphene oxide (GO) is an essential technique to produce low-cost and higher quality graphene-based materials and composites used today in a plethora of applications. However, despite a demonstrated efficiency of high-temperature annealing in reducing the oxygen content of J. Phys.: Mater. 3 (2020) 015011 https://doi.org/10.1088/2515-7639/ab5ef2 GO, the impact of the morphology of the initially oxidized samples on the restored sp2 graphene plane 3 versusremainingsp imperfectionsremainsunclearandout-of-control.Hereusingclassical molecular dynamics, we simulate the process of thermal reduction on several GO samples for a variety of initial conditions and elucidate how both the concentration of oxygen functional groups and their spatial distribution jeopardize the reduction process efficiency. Our simulations suggest thermal annealing strategies to further optimize the crystallinity of reduced GO, enhancing their transport properties and hence making the resulting composites even more performant for electronic applications.

Impact of oxidation morphology on reduced graphene oxides upon thermal annealing

Antidormi, Aleandro
Investigation
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Colombo, Luciano
Ultimo
Conceptualization
2020-01-01

Abstract

Thermal reduction of graphene oxide (GO) is an essential technique to produce low-cost and higher quality graphene-based materials and composites used today in a plethora of applications. However, despite a demonstrated efficiency of high-temperature annealing in reducing the oxygen content of J. Phys.: Mater. 3 (2020) 015011 https://doi.org/10.1088/2515-7639/ab5ef2 GO, the impact of the morphology of the initially oxidized samples on the restored sp2 graphene plane 3 versusremainingsp imperfectionsremainsunclearandout-of-control.Hereusingclassical molecular dynamics, we simulate the process of thermal reduction on several GO samples for a variety of initial conditions and elucidate how both the concentration of oxygen functional groups and their spatial distribution jeopardize the reduction process efficiency. Our simulations suggest thermal annealing strategies to further optimize the crystallinity of reduced GO, enhancing their transport properties and hence making the resulting composites even more performant for electronic applications.
2020
Grafene; Reduced grafene oxide; Morphology; Oxidation
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