Physics – Condensed Matter – Materials Science
Scientific paper
2009-05-27
J. Phys. D Appl. Phys. 42, 112003 (2009)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Materials Science
10 pages 4 figures
Scientific paper
10.1088/0022-3727/42/11/112003
A method to produce suspensions of graphene sheets by combining solution-based bromine intercalation and mild sonochemical exfoliation is presented. Ultrasonic treatment of graphite in water leads to the formation of suspensions of graphite flakes. The delamination is dramatically improved by intercalation of bromine into the graphite before sonication. The bromine intercalation was verified by Raman spectroscopy as well as by x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), and density functional theory (DFT) calculations show an almost ten times lower interlayer binding energy after introducing Br2 into the graphite. Analysis of the suspended material by transmission and scanning electron microscopy (TEM and SEM) revealed a significant content of few-layer graphene with sizes up to 30 $mu$m, corresponding to the grain size of the starting material.
Akhtar S.
Boukhvalov Danil W.
Grennberg Helena
Jansson Ulf
Katsnelson Mikhail I.
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