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Graphene transparent conductive films directly grown on quartz substrates by assisted catalysis of Cu nanoparticles

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Graphene-based transparent conductive films (TCFs) are promising alternative to indium tin oxide owing to their high transmittance and conductivity. Graphene films were directly deposited on quartz substrates by assisted catalysis of Cu nanoparticles in ambient pressure chemical vapor deposition. Growth conditions, including the concentration of Cu nanoparticles as catalyst, flow rate of CH4, temperature and growth time, were systematically investigated to optimize the quality and performance of graphene TCFs. With the optimized growth conditions, the obtained graphene TCFs exhibit good performance with sheet resistance of 2.48 kΩ sq−1 at transmittance of 82.83%. With this method, graphene TCFs with good performance were obtained without the need of a complex transfer process of graphene, opening a considerable route toward fabricating graphene TCFs on dielectric substrates.

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The authors are grateful for financial support from National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 61205177).

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    Qing Lu, Liyue Liu, Xiaoling Zhang, Yuan Cheng, Yue Huang, Yongkui Shan & Dezeng Li

  2. Key Laboratory of Polar Materials and Devices, Ministry of Education, Department of Electronic Engineering, East China Normal University, Shanghai, 200241, People’s Republic of China

    Qingbiao Zhao

  3. Shanghai Key Laboratory of Engineering Materials Application and Evaluation, Shanghai Research Institute of Materials, Shanghai, 200437, People’s Republic of China

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Lu, Q., Liu, L., Zhang, X. et al. Graphene transparent conductive films directly grown on quartz substrates by assisted catalysis of Cu nanoparticles. J Mater Sci 54, 10312–10324 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-019-03621-6

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