(Invited) Functionalization of Vertically Aligned Graphene Nanowalls for Applications in the Field of Renewable Energies: From Coatings to Decoration

Tuesday, 11 October 2022: 11:40
E. Kovacevic (GREMI CNRS & Univeristé d'Orleans), A. Jagodar (GREMI CNRS&Univeristy of Orleans), T. Strunskus (CAU Kiel), R. Radicic (Institut za fiziku), N. M. Santhosh (Jozef Stefan International Postgraduate School, Slovenia), J. Zavašnik (Jožef Stefan Institute), U. Cvelbar (Jozef Stefan Institute), N. Krstulovic (Institute of Physics Zagreb), and J. Berndt (GREMI CNRS &Univeristy of Orleans)
A new low temperature plasma based method for the growth of the vertically aligned graphene nanowalls is developed. The method allows growth of the vertically (or horizontally) aligned graphene at the temperatures of the surfaces as low as 450°C. This low surface temperature growth enables growth suitable for the coating of various surfaces that could not stand the temperatures above that limit and make the method appropriate for the production of different new types of eletrodes for different batteries /supercapacitors. In addition, such low temperature plasma grown vertically aligned graphene can be in a one-step, or in a two-step procedure easily treated by means of grafting, various coatings or decorated by metal oxide and other nanoparticles. All the methods aim for production in a green environment, by the procedures that are fast, dry and non-toxic. We will present briefly different procedures of production and functionalization, as well as material analysis obtained by means of NEXAFS, XPS, TEM, SEM and other methods.