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The strategy of precursors entering furnace for graphene synthesis through the CVD technique

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Chemical vapor deposition (CVD) is one of the best methods to grow graphene. In this way, there are many methods to produce graphene by liquid and solid precursor. In this research, we grew the graphene using ethanol and cyclohexane as precursors by some of these methods to obtain the best method to enter the precursor to the furnace. We compare the size of graphene domains by these methods and investigate the quality of their products. As the best method, we should keep inert gas into the precursor container to dilute the vapor of the precursor and heat the container to be sure that there is the vapor of precursor in it. Hydrogen should flow from a separate pipeline to the furnace. In this method, the rate of carbon precursor is measurable. Also, the results show that by increasing the growth time, graphene domains grow and become more significant. Also, with increasing the number of carbons in the structure of the precursor, the size of graphene will increase.

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taken from the top surface of Cu by the first method using ethanol for 60 s. b An optical image takes from the back surface of Cu by the first method using ethanol for 60 s. c An optical image takes from the top surface of Cu by the first method using ethanol for 30 s. d An optical image takes from the back surface of Cu by the first method using ethanol for 30 s

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taken from the top surface of Cu by the second method using ethanol for 2':20''. b The optical image took from the back surface of Cu by the second method using ethanol for 2':20''. c The optical image took from the top surface of Cu by the second method using ethanol for 2':30''. d The optical image took from the back surface of Cu by the second method using ethanol for 2':30''

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taken from the top surface of Cu by the third method using ethanol for 140 s. b The optical image took from the back surface of Cu by the third method using ethanol for 150 s

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taken from the top surface of Cu by the third method using cyclohexane for 140 s. b The optical image took from the back surface of Cu by the third method using cyclohexane for 150 s

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  1. School of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

    Najmeh Koosha, Mohammad Ali Moosavian & Abolfazl Dastbaz

  2. Nuclear Fuel Cycle Research School, Nuclear Science and Technology Research Institute, Tehran, Iran

    Javad Karimi-Sabet & Younes Amini

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Koosha, N., Karimi-Sabet, J., Moosavian, M.A. et al. The strategy of precursors entering furnace for graphene synthesis through the CVD technique. Graphene and 2D mater 7, 31–44 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41127-021-00046-4

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