Roll-to-roll production of 30-inch graphene films for transparent electrodes.
The outstanding electrical, mechanical and chemical properties of graphene make it attractive for applications in flexible electronics. However, efforts to make transparent conducting films from graphene have been hampered by the lack of efficient methods for the synthesis, transfer and doping of graphene at the scale and quality required for applications. Here, we report the roll-to-roll production and wet-chemical doping of predominantly monolayer 30-inch graphene films grown by chemical vapour deposition onto flexible copper substrates. The films have sheet resistances as low as approximately 125 ohms square(-1) with 97.4% optical transmittance, and exhibit the half-integer quantum Hall effect, indicating their high quality. We further use layer-by-layer stacking to fabricate a doped four-layer film and measure its sheet resistance at values as low as approximately 30 ohms square(-1) at approximately 90% transparency, which is superior to commercial transparent electrodes such as indium tin oxides. Graphene electrodes were incorporated into a fully functional touch-screen panel device capable of withstanding high strain.
Bae
Sukang
S
SKKU Advanced Institute of Nanotechnology and Center for Human Interface Nano Technology, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 440-746, Korea.
Kim
Hyeongkeun
H
Lee
Youngbin
Y
Xu
Xiangfan
X
Park
Jae-Sung
JS
Zheng
Yi
Y
Balakrishnan
Jayakumar
J
Lei
Tian
T
Kim
Hye Ri
HR
Song
Young Il
YI
Kim
Young-Jin
YJ
Kim
Kwang S
KS
Ozyilmaz
Barbaros
B
Ahn
Jong-Hyun
JH
Hong
Byung Hee
BH
Iijima
Sumio
S
D003460:Crystallization / Q000379:methods*; D004553:Electric Conductivity; D006108:Graphite / Q000737:chemistry*; D046911:Macromolecular Substances / Q000737:chemistry; D008422:Materials Testing; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D049329:Nanostructures / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D036103:Nanotechnology / Q000379:methods*; D010316:Particle Size; D013499:Surface Properties
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