Simultaneous Nitrogen-Doping and Reduction of Graphene Oxide

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2009-10-05

arxiv.org/abs/0910.0862v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Materials Science

Journal of the American Chemical Society, in press

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We develop a simple chemical method to obtain bulk quantities of N-doped, reduced graphene oxide (GO) sheets through thermal annealing of GO in ammonia. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) study of GO sheets annealed at various reaction temperatures reveals that N-doping occurs at a temperature as low as 300C, while the highest doping level of ~5% N is achieved at 500C. N-doping is accompanied by the reduction of GO with decreases in oxygen levels from ~28% in as-made GO down to ~2% in 1100C NH3 reacted GO. XPS analysis of the N binding configurations of doped GO finds pyridinic N in the doped samples, with increased quaternary N (N that replaced the carbon atoms in the graphene plane) in GO annealed at higher temperatures (>900C). Oxygen groups in GO were found responsible for reactions with NH3 and C-N bond formation. Pre-reduced GO with fewer oxygen groups by thermal annealing in H2 exhibits greatly reduced reactivity with NH3 and lower N-doping level. Electrical measurements of individual GO sheet devices demonstrate that GO annealed in NH3 exhibits higher conductivity than those annealed in H2, suggesting more effective reduction of GO by annealing in NH3 than in H2, consistent with XPS data. The N-doped reduced GO shows clearly n-type electron doping behavior with Dirac point (DP) at negative gate voltages in three terminal devices. Our method could lead to the synthesis of bulk amounts of N-doped, reduced GO sheets useful for various practical applications.

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