2012/08/12 by Soumen Karmakar, Ashok B. Nawale, Karmakar, Soumen +11
Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci) #Plasma Physics (physics.plasm-ph) #cond-mat.mtrl-sci #physics.plasm-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1208.2439
30 pages, 12 figures, 2 tables
arxiv created 2012/08/12 · arxiv updated 2012/08/14
We report the synthesis efficiency of few-layer graphene (FLG) in an external magnetic field modulated DC carbon arc in different non-reactive buffer gases. The effects of buffer gases on the anode erosion rate and the cathode deposit (CD) formation rate have been investigated during the synthesis of FLG. The constituents of the as-synthesized CDs were investigated using transmission electron microscopy, selected area electron diffraction, Raman spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction analysis. A plausible growth mechanism of such FLG is predicted. The results indicate that, under a parametrically optimized condition, an electric-arc of this kind can efficiently generate FLG with rotational stacking faults at a production-rate of few g/min. A guideline for controlling the number of layers of such FLG has also been suggested.