• Carbon letters
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.117-120
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• 2013

In this study, an electro-catalyst of Pt nanoparticles supported by polypyrrole-functionalized graphene (Pt/PPy-reduced graphene oxide [RGO]) is reported. The Pt nanoparticles are deposited on the PPy-RGO composite by chemical reduction of H2PtCl6 using NaBH4. The presence of graphene (RGO) caused higher activity. This might have been due to increased electro-chemically accessible surface areas, increased electronic conductivity, and easier charge-transfer at polymer-electrolyte interfaces, allowing higher dispersion and utilization of the deposited Pt nano-particles. Microstructure, morphology and crystallinity of the synthesized materials were investigated using X-ray diffraction and transmission electron microscopy. The results showed successful deposition of Pt nano-particles, with crystallite size of about 2.7 nm, on the PPy-RGO support film. Catalytic activity for methanol electro-oxidation in fuel cells was investigated using cyclic voltammetry. The fundamental electrochemical test results indicated that the electro-catalytic activity, for methanol oxidation, of the Pt/PPy-RGO combination was much better than for commercial catalyst.

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2013년도 제44회 동계 정기학술대회 초록집
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• pp.658-658
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• 2013

Graphene is an attractive material for various device applications due to great electrical properties and chemical properties. However, lack of band gap is significant hurdle of graphene for future electrical device applications. In the past few years, several methods have been attempted to open and tune a band gap of graphene. For example, researchers try to fabricate graphene nanoribbon (GNR) using various templates or unzip the carbon nanotubes itself. However, these methods generate small driving currents or transconductances because of the large amount of scattering source at edge of GNRs. At 2009, Bai et al. introduced graphene nanomesh (GNM) structures which can open the band gap of large area graphene at room temperature with high current. However, this method is complex and only small area is possible. For practical applications, it needs more simple and large scale process. Herein, we introduce a photosensitive graphene device fabrication using CdSe QD coated nano-porous graphene (NPG). In our experiment, NPG was fabricated by thin film anodic aluminum oxide (AAO) film as an etching mask. First of all, we transfer the AAO on the graphene. And then, we etch the graphene using O2 reactive ion etching (RIE). Finally, we fabricate graphene device thorough photolithography process. We can control the length of NPG neckwidth from AAO pore widening time and RIE etching time. And we can increase size of NPG as large as 2 $cm^2$. Thin CdSe QD layer was deposited by spin coatingprocess. We carried out NPG structure by using field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM). And device measurements were done by Keithley 4200 SCS with 532 nm laser beam (5 mW) irradiation.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국신재생에너지학회 2011년도 춘계학술대회 초록집
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• pp.95.1-95.1
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• 2011

In this work, graphene was prepared by modified Hummers method and prepared graphene was applied to electrode materials for supercapacitor. In addition, to enhance the electrochemical performance of graphene, carbon black was deposited onto graphene via chemical reduction. The effect of the carbon black content incorporated on the electrochemical properties of the graphene-based electrodes was investigated. It was found that nano-scaled carbon black aggregates were deposited and dispersed onto the graphene by the chemical reduction of acid treated carbon black and graphite oxide. From the cyclic voltammograms, carbon black-deposited graphene (CB-GR) showed improved electrochemical performance, i.e., current density, quicker response, and better specific capacitance than that of pristine graphene. This indicates that the carbon black deposited onto graphene served as an conductive materials between graphene layers, leading to reducing the contact resistance of graphene and resulted in the increase of the charge transfer between graphene layers by bridge effect.

• Carbon letters
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.255-259
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• 2015

• 한국분말재료학회지
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• 제26권5호
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• pp.383-388
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• 2019

To improve the mechanical properties of aluminum, graphene has been used as a reinforcing material, yielding graphene-reinforced aluminum matrix composites (GRAMCs). Dispersion of graphene materials is an important factor that affects the properties of GRAMCs, which are mainly manufactured by mechanical mixing methods such as ball milling. However, the use of only mechanical mixing process is limited to achieve homogeneous dispersion of graphene. To overcome this problem, in this study, we have prepared composite materials by coating aluminum particles with graphene by a self-assembly reaction using poly vinylalcohol and ethylene diamine as coupling agents. The scanning electron microscopy and Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy results confirm the coating of graphene on the Al surface. Bulk density of the sintered composites by spark plasma sintering achieved a relative density of over 99% up to 0.5 wt.% graphene oxide content.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제20권5호
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• pp.81-86
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• 2019

금속산화물/그래핀 복합체는 고감도 가스센서 및 고용량의 이차전지와 같은 첨단 응용 분야에 활용될 수 있는 유망한 기능성 소재로 알려져 있다. 본 연구에서는 이산화주석($SnO_2$) 나노구조물을 두 영역 전기로 장치를 이용하여 화학적으로 합성된 그래핀 나노시트 위에 성장시켰다. 대면적의 그래핀 나노시트는 Cu foil 위에 열화학기상증착 장비를 이용하여 메탄가스와 수소가스로 합성하였다. 화학적으로 합성된 그래핀 나노시트는 PMMA를 이용하여 세척된 Si 기판위에 전사시켰고, $SnO_2$ 나노구조물은 그래핀 나노시트 위에 $424^{\circ}C$, 3.1 Torr 조건에서 3시간동안 성장시켰다. 합성된 그래핀의 품질과 성장된 $SnO_2$ 나노구조물의 결정학적 특성을 Raman 분광학으로 확인하였다. 그래핀 위에서 성장된 $SnO_2$ 나노구조물의 표면형상은 전계방출 주사전자현미경으로 조사하였다. 그 결과 합성된 그래핀 나노시트는 이중층 그래핀이었고, 그래핀 위에서 성장된 산화주석은 $SnO_2$ 상을 가지고 있었다. 그래핀 위에서 성장된 $SnO_2$ 나노구조물은 복잡한 표면형상을 나타내었는데, 이것은 Si 기판 위에서 성장된 $SnO_2$ 나노구조물이 nano-dots 형태인 것과 비교된다. 그래핀 위에서 성장된 $SnO_2$ 나노구조물이 복잡한 형상을 갖는 것은 그래핀 표면의 기능기의 영향인 것으로 판단된다.

• Journal of Electrochemical Science and Technology
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• 제8권4호
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• pp.307-313
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• 2017

In this paper we report an electrochemical sensor based on ZnO-functionalized graphene oxide nanocomposite (ZnO-GO) for the sensitive determination of the cabergoline. Cabergoline electrochemical behaviors were investigated by cyclic voltammetry (CV), chronoamperometry (CHA) and differential pulse voltammetry (DPV). The modified electrode shows electrocatalytic activity toward cabergoline oxidation in phosphate buffer solution (PBS) (pH 7.0) with a reduction of the overpotential of about 180 mV and an increase in peak current. The DPV data showed that the obtained anodic peak currents were linearly dependent on the cabergoline concentrations in the range of $1.0-200.0{\mu}M$, with the detection limit of $0.45{\mu}M$. The prepared electrode was successfully applied for the determination of cabergoline in real samples.

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2011년도 제40회 동계학술대회 초록집
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• pp.431-431
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• 2011

Graphene, two dimensional sheet of sp2-hybridized carbon, has attracted an enormous amount of interest due to excellent electrical, chemical and mechanical properties for the application of transparent conducting films, clean energy devices, field-effect transistors, optoelectronic devices and chemical sensors. Especially, graphene is promising candidate to detect the gas molecules and biomolecules due to the large specific surface area and signal-to-noise ratios. Despite of importance to the disease diagnosis, there are a few reports to demonstrate the graphene- and rGO-FET for biological sensors and the sensing mechanism are not fully understood. Here we describe scalable and facile fabrication of rGO-FET with the capability of label-free, ultrasensitive electrical detection of a cancer biomarker, prostate specific antigen/${\alpha}1$-antichymotrypsin (PSA-ACT) complex, in which the ultrathin rGO sensing channel was simply formed by a uniform self-assembly of two-dimensional rGO nanosheets on aminated pattern generated by inkjet printing. Sensing characteristics of rGO-FET immunosensor showed the highly precise, reliable, and linear shift in the Dirac point with the analyte concentration of PSA-ACT complex and extremely low detection limit as low as 1 fg/ml. We further analyzed the charge doping mechanism, which is the change in the charge carrier in the rGO channel varying by the concentration of biomolecules. Amenability of solution-based scalable fabrication and extremely high performance may enable rGO-FET device as a versatile multiplexed diagnostic biosensor for disease biomarkers.

• Advances in nano research
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.25-32
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• 2020

In this work, we report the use of caffeine as an alternative source of nitrogen to successfully dope graphene (quaternary 400.6 eV and pyridinic at 398 eV according XPS), as well as the growth of silver nanowires (in-situ) in the surface of nitrogen doped graphene (NG) sheets. We used the improved graphene oxide method (IGO), chemical reduction of graphene oxide (GOx), and impregnation with caffeine as source of nitrogen for doping and subsequently, silver nanowires (NW) grow in the surface by the reduction of silver salts in the presence of NG, achieving a numerous of growth of NW in the graphene sheets. As supporting experimental evidence, the samples were analyzed using conventional characterization techniques: SEM-EDX, XRD, FT-IR, micro RAMAN, TEM, and XPS.

• 한국건설순환자원학회논문집
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.227-234
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• 2022

본 연구에서는 탄소계 나노소재를 적용한 시멘트 페이스트 복합체의 유변학적 특성을 실험적으로 분석하였다. 탄소계 나노소재인 산화그래핀과 탄소나노튜브의 사용성을 고려하여 수용액 상태로 혼입한 굳기전 시멘트 페이스트에서 흐름성 및 레올로지를 측정하였다. 그리고 굳은 시멘트 페이스트 복합체는 만능재료 실험기를 활용하여 압축강도 측정을 검토하였다. 산화그래핀은 수용액 상태로 혼입하였을 때 혼입율 상승 시 흐름성이 감소하고 소성 점도와 전단응력이 급격하게 증가하였다. 탄소나노튜브 수용액도 동일한 경향성을 가졌으나 시멘트 중량대비 0.2 % 미만을 혼입한 경우 산화그래핀과 비교하여 상대적으로 증가율이 낮게 측정되었다. 이는 판상형 형태인 그래핀의 비표면적이 커서 시멘트 페이스트의 흐름성을 감소시키고 소성 점도와 전단응력을 상승시키는 것으로 판단된다. 탄소나노튜브 수용액은 0.2 %이상 혼입 시 소성점도가 일반배합 대비 2.16배 수준으로 급격히 상승하며 전단응력도 상대적으로 높게 측정되었다. 이는 탄소나노튜브의 혼입량이 과혼입 되면서 시멘트 페이스트 내에서 분산이 제대로 되지 않아 탄소나노튜브 간의 뭉침으로 인한 응집효과로 판단된다. 압축강도는 그래핀 혼입시 강도 상승율이 미미하였으며, CNT는 최대 약 12 %의 상승효과가 있음을 확인하였다. 따라서 탄소계나노소재 적용 시 상대적으로 CNT를 사용할 경우가 사용 가능성이 높을 것으로 판단되나 최대 혼입량 및 분산에 사용될 계면활성제에 대한 추가적인 연구가 필요할 것으로 판단된다.