2014/07/01 by Wenzhong Bao, Jiayu Wan, Xiaogang Han +11 · 2 citations
Chemistry · Engineering · Materials Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Advancements in Battery Materials #Chemistry #Composite material #Condensed matter physics #Conductivity #Electrical conductor #Electrical resistivity and conductivity #Electrode #Graphene #Graphene research and applications #Graphite #Inorganic chemistry #Intercalation (chemistry) #Layer (electronics) #Materials science #Nanotechnology #Optical conductivity #Optical transparency #Optoelectronics #Semiconductor materials and interfaces #Sheet resistance #Transmittance #cond-mat.mes-hall #cond-mat.mtrl-sci
paper · pdf · doi:10.1038/ncomms5224
Published 01 July 2014 in Nature Communications
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Various bandstructure engineering methods have been studied to improve the performance of graphitic transparent conductors; however none demonstrated an increase of optical transmittance in the visible range. Here we measure in situ optical transmittance spectra and electrical transport properties of ultrathin-graphite (3-60 graphene layers) simultaneously via electrochemical lithiation/delithiation. Upon intercalation we observe an increase of both optical transmittance (up to twofold) and electrical conductivity (up to two orders of magnitude), strikingly different from other materials. Transmission as high as 91.7% with a sheet resistance of 3.0 Ω per square is achieved for 19-layer LiC6, which corresponds to a figure of merit σdc/σopt = 1400, significantly higher than any other continuous transparent electrodes. The unconventional modification of ultrathin-graphite optoelectronic properties is explained by the suppression of interband optical transitions and a small intraband Drude conductivity near the interband edge. Our techniques enable the investigation of other aspects of intercalation in nanostructures.