title: One-step synthesis of graphene-Au nanoparticle hybrid materials from metal salt-loaded micelles.
abstract: In this study, we present a facile one-step method to synthesize graphene-Au nanoparticle (NP) hybrid materials by using HAuCl4-loaded poly(styrene)-block-poly(2-vinylpyridine) (PS-P2VP) micelles as solid carbon sources. N-doped graphene with controllable thickness can be grown from PS-P2VP micelles covered by a Ni capping layer by an annealing process; simultaneously, the HAuCl4 in the micelles were reduced into Au NPs under a reductive atmosphere to form Au NPs on graphene. The decoration of Au NPs leads to an obviously enhanced electrical conductivity and a slightly increased work function of graphene due to the electron transfer effect. The graphene-Au NP hybrid materials also exhibit a localized surface plasmon resonance feature of Au NPs. This work provides a novel and accessible route for the one-step synthesis of graphene-Au NP hybrid materials with high quality, which might be useful for future applications in optoelectronic devices.
authors.affiliation: Key Lab of Semiconductor Materials Science, Institute of Semiconductors, CAS, Beijing 100083, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: X W
authors.initials: XW
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Meng
authors.forename: H L
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Z G
authors.initials: ZG
authors.lastname: Yin
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: H L
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Gao