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Composite structure of ZnO films coated with reduced graphene oxide: structural, electrical and electrochemical properties

Weiqiang Shuai, Yuehui Hu, Yichuan Chen, Keyan Hu, Xiaohua Zhang, Wenjun Zhu, Fan Tong and Zixuan Lao

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Abstract: ZnO films coated with reduced graphene oxide (RGO-ZnO) were prepared by a simple chemical approach. The graphene oxide (GO) films transferred onto ZnO films by spin coating were reduced to RGO films by two steps (exposed to hydrazine vapor for 12 h and annealed at 600 °C). The crystal structures, electrical and photoluminescence properties of RGO-ZnO films on quartz substrates were systematically studied. The SEM images illustrated that RGO layers have successfully been coated on the ZnO films very tightly. The PL properties of RGO-ZnO were studied. PL spectra show two sharp peaks at 390 nm and a broad visible emission around 490 nm. The resistivity of RGO-ZnO films was measured by a Hall measurement system, RGO as nanofiller considerably decrease the resistivity of ZnO films. An electrode was fabricated, using RGO-ZnO films deposited on Si substrate as active materials, for super capacitor application. By comparison of different results, we conclude that the RGO-ZnO composite material couples possess the properties of super capacitor.

Key words: RGO-ZnO filmsspin coatingelectrodesuper capacitor application



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Fig. 1.  (Color online) Schematic illustrations for the preparation of RGO-ZnO films.

Fig. 2.  (Color online) Raman spectra of ZnO, GO-ZnO and RGO-ZnO.

Fig. 3.  (Color online) XPS pattern of graphene. (a) C1S region of GO-ZnO. (b) C1S region of RGO-ZnO.

Fig. 4.  (Color online) (a) XRD patterns of samples. (b) FWHM, residual stress and estimated crystallite size from XRD peaks.

Fig. 5.  SEM images of films. (a) Sample A, RGO-ZnO films. (b, c) Samples B, C. (d) Cross-sectional images of RGO-ZnO (Sample C).

Fig. 6.  (Color online) PL spectra of as-prepared RGO-ZnO (Sample C) and ZnO at room temperature.

Fig. 7.  (Color online) The resistivity of ZnO and RGO-ZnO films.

Fig. 8.  (Color online) (a), (b) CV curves of ZnO and RGO-ZnO electrode. (c) Impedance spectra of ZnO and RGO-ZnO. (d) SEM of as-prepared RGO-ZnO/Si.

Table 1.   Various parameters of different samples.

Sample hkl The position
of (002) peak (°)
Lattice c (nm) dhkl (nm)
A 002 34.44 0.5202 0.2601
B 002 34.36 0.5214 0.2607
C 002 34.36 0.5214 0.2607
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[1]
Rambu A P, Iftimie N, Rusu G I. Influence of the substrate nature on the properties of ZnO thin films. J Gilded Age Progress Era, 2015, 4(2): 320
[2]
Huang L, Guo G, Liu Y, et al. Synthesis of reduced graphene oxide/ZnO nanorods composites on graphene coated PET flexible substrates. Mater Res Bull, 2013, 48(10): 4163 doi: 10.1016/j.materresbull.2013.06.046
[3]
Zaretskaya E P, Gremenok V F, Semchenko A V, et al. Structural properties of ZnO:Al films produced by the sol–gel technique. Semiconductors, 2015, 49(10): 1253 doi: 10.1134/S1063782615100280
[4]
Alver U, Zhou W, Belay A B, et al. Optical and structural properties of ZnO nanorods grown on graphene oxide and reduced graphene oxide film by hydrothermal method. Appl Surf Sci, 2012, 258(7): 3109 doi: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2011.11.046
[5]
Wang M, Le D D, Oh J S, et al. A comparison study between ZnO nanorods coated with graphene oxide and reduced graphene oxide. J Alloys Compnd, 2014, 582(2): 29
[6]
Huang L, Guo G, Liu Y, et al. Synthesis of reduced graphene oxide/ZnO nanorods composites on graphene coated PET flexible substrates. Mater Res Bull, 2013, 48(10): 4163 doi: 10.1016/j.materresbull.2013.06.046
[7]
Xun Z, Shi T, Zhou H. Hydrothermal preparation of ZnO-reduced graphene oxide hybrid with high performance in photocatalytic degradation. Appl Surf Sci, 2012, 258(17): 6204 doi: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2012.02.131
[8]
Aunkor M T H, Mahbubul I M, Saidur R, et al. The green reduction of graphene oxide. Rsc Adv, 2016, 6(33): 27807 doi: 10.1039/C6RA03189G
[9]
Becerril H A, Mao J, Liu Z, et al. Evaluation of solution-processed reduced graphene oxide films as transparent conductors. ACS Nano, 2008, 2(3): 463 doi: 10.1021/nn700375n
[10]
Wang J, Tsuzuki T, Tang B, et al. Reduced graphene oxide/ZnO composite: reusable adsorbent for pollutant management. Acs Appl Mater Interfaces, 2012, 4(6): 3084 doi: 10.1021/am300445f
[11]
Fang D, Yao P, Li H. Influence of annealing temperature on the structural and optical properties of Mg–Al co-doped ZnO thin films prepared via sol–gel method. Ceram Int, 2014, 40(4): 5873 doi: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2013.11.030
[12]
Qurashi A, Subrahmanyam K S, Kumar P. Nanofiller graphene–ZnO hybrid nanoarchitecture: optical, electrical and optoelectronic investigation. J Mater Chem C, 2015, 3(45): 11959 doi: 10.1039/C5TC02729B
[13]
Saranya M, Ramachandran R, Wang F. Graphene-zinc oxide (G-ZnO) nanocomposite for electrochemical supercapacitor applications. J Sci Adv Mater Devices, 2016, 1(4): 454 doi: 10.1016/j.jsamd.2016.10.001
[14]
Ding J, Yan X, Xue Q. Study on field emission and photoluminescence properties of ZnO/graphene hybrids grown on Si substrates. Mater Chem Phys, 2012, 133(1): 405 doi: 10.1016/j.matchemphys.2012.01.051
[15]
Kavitha T, Gopalan A I, Lee K P, et al. Glucose sensing, photocatalytic and antibacterial properties of graphene–ZnO nanoparticle hybrids. Carbon, 2012, 50(8): 2994 doi: 10.1016/j.carbon.2012.02.082
[16]
Watcharotone S, Dikin D A, Stankovich S, et al. Graphene-silica composite thin films as transparent conductors. Nano Lett, 2007, 7(7): 1888 doi: 10.1021/nl070477+
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      • Received Date: 2017-04-26
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