1. Boron doped graphene synthesis using pulsed laser deposition and its electrochemical characterization
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Carole Chaix, Florence Garrelie, Christophe Donnet, Carole Farre, Florent Bourquard, Jules Galipaud, Anne-Sophie Loir, Y. Bleu, Vincent Barnier, Laboratoire Hubert Curien [Saint Etienne] (LHC), Université Jean Monnet [Saint-Étienne] (UJM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut d'Optique Graduate School (IOGS), Interfaces & biosensors - Interfaces & biocapteurs, Institut des Sciences Analytiques (ISA), Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), École Centrale de Lyon (ECL), Université de Lyon, École des Mines de Saint-Étienne (Mines Saint-Étienne MSE), and Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris] (IMT)
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Materials science ,Heteroatom ,chemistry.chemical_element ,02 engineering and technology ,010402 general chemistry ,Electrochemistry ,01 natural sciences ,Pulsed laser deposition ,law.invention ,[SPI.MAT]Engineering Sciences [physics]/Materials ,symbols.namesake ,X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy ,law ,Materials Chemistry ,[CHIM]Chemical Sciences ,Electrical and Electronic Engineering ,Boron ,ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS ,Graphene ,Mechanical Engineering ,General Chemistry ,[CHIM.MATE]Chemical Sciences/Material chemistry ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,0104 chemical sciences ,Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials ,Chemical engineering ,chemistry ,Electrode ,symbols ,0210 nano-technology ,Raman spectroscopy - Abstract
During the design of graphene (G), their electronic, chemical and electrochemical properties among others can be tuned by incorporating heteroatoms in the honeycomb structure. In this study, we investigated boron doped graphene (BG) synthesis and the effect of boron content on the electrochemical property of graphene. To this end, BG was synthesized using pulsed laser deposition (PLD) with carbon and boron as solid sources, followed by rapid thermal annealing in the presence of nickel catalyst. Raman spectroscopy revealed that the BG films consisted of few-layer graphene and boron doping increased the defects level in the films. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy confirmed the successful boron doping into the graphene with the control of boron content. Electrochemical characterization demonstrated that BG electrodes exhibit higher reversibility and electron transfer constant than the G electrode. All these results prove that PLD method is a viable alternative way to produce BG films with excellent electrochemical properties.
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- 2021
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