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Highly flexible and conductive graphene films for low cost RFID applications

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This paper proposes a low-cost and environmental-friendly method for obtaining graphene ink by mechanical exfoliation and dispersion. Based on the graphene ink, graphene film (GF) with a thickness of 10 μm is prepared, which possesses a high conductivity of 1.2 × 105 Sm−1. Raman and scanning electron microscopy results show that graphene flakes have few defects and the surface of the GF is uniform. The bending cycle measurement shows that the mechanical stability of GF is comparable to other graphene films. Ultra-high frequency (UHF) radio frequency identification (RFID) tags based on GF are prepared. The 10 × 100 mm UHF tags provide a reading distance of up to 8.9 m in the frequency range of 860–960 MHz, and the overall reading distance is more than 5 m. The GF-based UHF RFID tags have attractive applications in information exchange, tracking, tracing, and the Internet of Things (IoT).

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  1. Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Ningbo University, Ningbo, 315211, People’s Republic of China

    Peng Xu

  2. Key Laboratory of Graphene Technologies and Applications of Zhejiang Province, CAS Engineering Laboratory for Graphene, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology & Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Zhejiang, 315201, People’s Republic of China

    Peng Xu, Wei Wang, Xufeng Zhou & Zhaoping Liu

  3. National Graphene Innovation Center, Ningbo, 315201, People’s Republic of China

    Liqiong Wu, Xufeng Zhou & Zhaoping Liu

  4. CRRC Industrial Academy Co., Ltd, Beijing, 100039, People’s Republic of China

    Xiaohui Zhang

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All authors contributed to the study. Resources, funding acquisition and project administration are provided by LW, XZ, and ZL. Material preparation, data collection and analysis were completed by PX, LW and XZ. The first draft of the manuscript was written by PX. Review and Editing was completed by LW and XZ. All authors commented on previous versions of the manuscript and read and approved the final manuscript.

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Xu, P., Wu, L., Zhang, X. et al. Highly flexible and conductive graphene films for low cost RFID applications. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 34, 913 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-023-10331-y

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