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High-rate synthesis of graphene by a lower cost chemical vapor deposition route

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Chemical vapor deposition (CVD) reaction from metal particles to produce graphene has seldom been reported so far. In this paper, the CVD growth of graphene was conducted under ambient pressure without a dedicated stage for reduction treatment. Interestingly, copper nanoparticles supported on MgO prepared by simple impregnation were able to efficiently catalyze graphene. Quantification of the prepared graphene was carefully conducted. For the optimized conditions, 1000 °C for 30 min, high content of graphene (up to 27 at.%) could be produced. Our method shows high efficiency and growth rate of graphene, produced at much lower cost compared to the existing methods.

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Acknowledgements

The authors would like to thank Lionel Aranda for his valuable help for TGA and DTA experiments and Laetitia Garoux for XRF experiments.

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This study received financial support provided by the IReC grant (1002/PJKIMIA/910404) and ScienceFund grant (Project No.: 03-01-05-SF0659).

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  1. School of Chemical Engineering, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Engineering Campus, Nibong Tebal, 14300, Seberang Perai Selatan, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia

    Sebastian Dayou & Abdul Rahman Mohamed

  2. Institut Jean Lamour, CNRS-Université de Lorraine, BP 70239, 54506, Vandouvre-Lès-Nancy, France

    Brigitte Vigolo, Alexandre Desforges & Jaafar Ghanbaja

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Dayou, S., Vigolo, B., Desforges, A. et al. High-rate synthesis of graphene by a lower cost chemical vapor deposition route. J Nanopart Res 19, 336 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11051-017-4034-0

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