Growth of U-Shaped Graphene Domains on Copper Foil by Chemical Vapor Deposition
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Experimental Section
2.1. Synthesis of Graphene Domains by CVD
2.2. Transfer of Graphene
2.3. Graphene Characterization
3. Results and Discussion
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Pan, M.; Wang, C.; Li, H.-F.; Xie, N.; Wu, P.; Wang, X.-D.; Zeng, Z.; Deng, S.; Dai, G.-P. Growth of U-Shaped Graphene Domains on Copper Foil by Chemical Vapor Deposition. Materials 2019, 12, 1887. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma12121887
Pan M, Wang C, Li H-F, Xie N, Wu P, Wang X-D, Zeng Z, Deng S, Dai G-P. Growth of U-Shaped Graphene Domains on Copper Foil by Chemical Vapor Deposition. Materials. 2019; 12(12):1887. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma12121887
Chicago/Turabian StylePan, Ming, Chen Wang, Hua-Fei Li, Ning Xie, Ping Wu, Xiao-Di Wang, Zheling Zeng, Shuguang Deng, and Gui-Ping Dai. 2019. "Growth of U-Shaped Graphene Domains on Copper Foil by Chemical Vapor Deposition" Materials 12, no. 12: 1887. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma12121887