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Substrate free synthesis of graphene nanoflakes by atmospheric pressure chemical vapour deposition using Ni powder as a catalyst

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Graphene nanoflakes (GNFs) were synthesized by atmospheric pressure chemical vapour deposition of propane (\(\hbox {C}_{3}\hbox {H}_{8})\) employing Ni (salen) powder without the introduction of a substrate. The graphitic nature of the GNFs was examined by an X-ray diffraction method. Scanning electron microscopy results revealed that GNFs were stacked on top of one another and had a high aspect ratio. Transmission electron microscopy studies suggested that the GNFs were made up of a number of crystalline graphene layers, some of which were even single crystalline as evident from the selected area diffraction pattern. Finally, Raman spectroscopy confirmed the high quality of the GNFs.

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This work was supported by the Science and Engineering Research Board, Department of Science & Technology, India, under project number (SR/FTP/PS-120/2012) and (SB/S2/CMP-099/2013). We are grateful to Dr A Singha from the Department of Physics, Bose Institute, for his help with Raman spectroscopy. We would also like to thank Dr P Majhi from the Department of Polymer and Process Engineering, IIT Roorkee, for his help with SEM characterization.

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  1. Department of Electronic Science, Jogesh Chandra Chaudhuri College, Kolkata, 700033, India

    Joydip Sengupta

  2. Department of Physics, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, 700032, India

    Kaustuv Das

  3. Department of Physics, Scottish Church College, Kolkata, 700006, India

    U N Nandi

  4. Materials Science Centre, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, 721302, India

    Chacko Jacob

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Sengupta, J., Das, K., Nandi, U.N. et al. Substrate free synthesis of graphene nanoflakes by atmospheric pressure chemical vapour deposition using Ni powder as a catalyst. Bull Mater Sci 42, 136 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12034-019-1818-0

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