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- Title
Degradation of Graphene in High- and Low-Humidity Air, and Vacuum Conditions at 300–500 K.
- Authors
Kawabata, Shunsuke; Seki, Ryuichi; Watanabe, Takumi; Ohba, Tomonori
- Abstract
Graphene is a fundamental unit of carbon materials and, thus, primary sp2-bonded carbon material. Graphene is, however, easily broken macroscopically despite high mechanical strength, although its natural degradation has rarely been considered. In this work, we evaluate the natural degradation of two-layer graphene in vacuo, in low-humidity air, and in high-humidity air at 300, 400, 450, and 500 K. Over 1000 days of degradation at 300 K, the graphene structure was highly maintained in vacuo, whereas the layer number of graphene tended to decrease in high- and low-humidity air. Water was slightly reacted/chemisorbed on graphene to form surface oxygen groups at 300 K. At 450 and 500 K, graphene was moderately volatilized in vacuo and was obviously oxidized in high- and low-humidity air. Surprisingly, the oxidation of graphene was more suppressed in the high-humidity air than in the low-humidity air, indicating that water worked as an anti-oxidizer of graphene by preventing the chemisorption of oxygen on the graphene surface.
- Subjects
CARBON-based materials; GRAPHENE; HUMIDITY; WATERWORKS; CHEMISORPTION
- Publication
Nanomaterials (2079-4991), 2024, Vol 14, Issue 2, p166
- ISSN
2079-4991
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/nano14020166