Deposition of reduced graphene oxide film using drop casting for flexible electronic

Graphene and its derivatives such as reduced graphene oxide (rGO) are regarded as promising materials for electrode in flexible electronics platform. Deposition of rGO film onto flexible substrate is the key technology to enable the application of rGO into the flexible electronics system. In this wo...

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Main Author:	Abd. Hamid, Nurul Daiyana
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2018
Subjects:	TK Electrical engineering Electronics Nuclear engineering
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spelling	my-utm-ep.789562018-09-19T05:13:02Z Deposition of reduced graphene oxide film using drop casting for flexible electronic 2018-01 Abd. Hamid, Nurul Daiyana TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering Graphene and its derivatives such as reduced graphene oxide (rGO) are regarded as promising materials for electrode in flexible electronics platform. Deposition of rGO film onto flexible substrate is the key technology to enable the application of rGO into the flexible electronics system. In this work, the feasibility of a simple drop-casting technique to deposit graphene oxide (GO) onto polyimide film substrate was investigated. The polyimide film is widely used in electronics and can withstand relatively high temperature. This work started with preparation of GO dispersion with different concentration. Prior to drop-casting process, polyimide surface was treated with 1 molar Potassium Hydroxide. The prepared dispersion was drop-casted onto polyimide film which was heated at 80°C. Then, the formed GO film on the polyimide was reduced by means of ascorbic acid and thermal reduction processes at 300°C. The relationship between rGO volume with rGO film properties, namely coverage, thickness and uniformity was investigated using Raman Microscope, Atomic Force Microscopy and 3D Microscope. Drop casting of 1.5 ml GO dispersion produced GO film that covered 50mm x 50mm area. By varying the GO dispersion concentration from 0.025 to 0.1 mg/ml, film with thickness from 16 to 30 nm could be deposited. The average film roughness is around 9.82 nm. After the reduction process, film sheet resistance was analyzed by means of four-point probe measurement. rGO film produced from 0.1 mg/ml dispersion showed sheet resistance as low as 1.36 kΩ/sq. The obtained result showed process feasibility to obtain rGO film with controllable thickness and acceptable conductivity. The developed technique can be further utilized in electronic device fabrication at least at lab scale. 2018-01 Thesis http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/78956/ http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/78956/1/NurulDaiyanaAbdHamidMFKE2018.pdf application/pdf en public http://dms.library.utm.my:8080/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:108363 masters Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Electrical Engineering Faculty of Electrical Engineering
institution	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
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language	English
topic	TK Electrical engineering Electronics Nuclear engineering
spellingShingle	TK Electrical engineering Electronics Nuclear engineering Abd. Hamid, Nurul Daiyana Deposition of reduced graphene oxide film using drop casting for flexible electronic
description	Graphene and its derivatives such as reduced graphene oxide (rGO) are regarded as promising materials for electrode in flexible electronics platform. Deposition of rGO film onto flexible substrate is the key technology to enable the application of rGO into the flexible electronics system. In this work, the feasibility of a simple drop-casting technique to deposit graphene oxide (GO) onto polyimide film substrate was investigated. The polyimide film is widely used in electronics and can withstand relatively high temperature. This work started with preparation of GO dispersion with different concentration. Prior to drop-casting process, polyimide surface was treated with 1 molar Potassium Hydroxide. The prepared dispersion was drop-casted onto polyimide film which was heated at 80°C. Then, the formed GO film on the polyimide was reduced by means of ascorbic acid and thermal reduction processes at 300°C. The relationship between rGO volume with rGO film properties, namely coverage, thickness and uniformity was investigated using Raman Microscope, Atomic Force Microscopy and 3D Microscope. Drop casting of 1.5 ml GO dispersion produced GO film that covered 50mm x 50mm area. By varying the GO dispersion concentration from 0.025 to 0.1 mg/ml, film with thickness from 16 to 30 nm could be deposited. The average film roughness is around 9.82 nm. After the reduction process, film sheet resistance was analyzed by means of four-point probe measurement. rGO film produced from 0.1 mg/ml dispersion showed sheet resistance as low as 1.36 kΩ/sq. The obtained result showed process feasibility to obtain rGO film with controllable thickness and acceptable conductivity. The developed technique can be further utilized in electronic device fabrication at least at lab scale.
format	Thesis
qualification_level	Master's degree
author	Abd. Hamid, Nurul Daiyana
author_facet	Abd. Hamid, Nurul Daiyana
author_sort	Abd. Hamid, Nurul Daiyana
title	Deposition of reduced graphene oxide film using drop casting for flexible electronic
title_short	Deposition of reduced graphene oxide film using drop casting for flexible electronic
title_full	Deposition of reduced graphene oxide film using drop casting for flexible electronic
title_fullStr	Deposition of reduced graphene oxide film using drop casting for flexible electronic
title_full_unstemmed	Deposition of reduced graphene oxide film using drop casting for flexible electronic
title_sort	deposition of reduced graphene oxide film using drop casting for flexible electronic
granting_institution	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Electrical Engineering
granting_department	Faculty of Electrical Engineering
publishDate	2018
url	http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/78956/1/NurulDaiyanaAbdHamidMFKE2018.pdf
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