Graphene Growth via Carburization of Stainless Steel and Application in Energy Storage

Abstract

A modified version of the carburization process, a widely established technique used in the steel industry for case hardening of components, is used for the growth of graphene on stainless steel. Controlled growth of high-quality single- and few-layered graphene on stainless steel (SS) foils through a liquid-phase chemical vapor deposition (CVD) technique is reported. Reversible Li intercalation in these graphene-on-SS structures is demonstrated, where graphene and SS act as electrode and current collector, respectively, providing very good electrical contact. Direct growth of an active electrode material, such as graphene, on current-collector substrates makes this a feasible and efficient process for developing thin-film battery devices.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2011
Accession Number
ADA553029

Entities

People

  • Arava L. Reddy
  • Hemtej Gullapalli
  • Madan Dubey
  • Pulickel Ajayan
  • Stephen Kilpatrick

Organizations

  • United States Army Research Laboratory

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Chemical Vapor Deposition
  • Chemistry
  • Crystal Structure
  • Electron Microscopy
  • Energy
  • Energy Storage
  • Graphene
  • Graphitic Materials
  • Lithium Ion Batteries
  • Materials
  • Materials Science
  • Spectra
  • Stainless Steel
  • Steel
  • Steel Industry
  • Storage
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Materials science

Readers

  • Electrochemical Engineering/ Fuel Cell Technologies
  • Quantum Dot Semiconductor Device Photonics and Graphene Optoelectronic Materials and THz Physics.
  • Semiconductor Device Technology

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Graphene