Towards Tunable Graphene/Phthalocyanine-PPV Hybrid Systems

摘要

The sheer explosion of interest in graphene has undoubtedly shown that it is the rising star in the emerging field of nanotechnology. Its extraordinary properties render it an outstanding material for electronics, material sciences, and photoconversion systems. As a zero-gap semiconductor for example, a flat monolayer of graphene is almost transparent and exhibits the lowest known electrical resistivity for any material at room temperature. The remarkably high electron mobility of graphene gives rise to its implementation in transparent conducting electrodes as a viable alternative to indium tin oxide (ITO). Recent results demonstrate, however, that doping is a necessity to harvest the full potential of graphene. Therefore, the aim herein is the tuning/altering of the features of photochemically transparent graphene by integrating a versatile electron donor system in solution.