On the use of Raman spectroscopy to characterize mass-produced graphene nanoplatelets.

ABSTRACT: Raman spectroscopy is one of the most common methods to characterize graphene-related 2D materials, providing information on a wide range of physical and chemical properties. Because of typical sample inhomogeneity, Raman spectra are acquired from several locations across a sample, and analysis is carried out on the averaged spectrum from all locations. This is then used to characterize the "quality" of the graphene produced, in particular the level of exfoliation for top-down manufactured materials. However, these have generally been developed using samples prepared with careful separation of unexfoliated materials. In this work we assess these metrics when applied to non-ideal samples, where unexfoliated graphite has been deliberately added to the exfoliated material. We demonstrate that

SUBMITTER: Paton KR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10155622 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature