Journal
JOURNAL OF PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY OF SOLIDS
Volume 74, Issue 11, Pages 1509-1514Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpcs.2013.02.007
Keywords
Nanostructures; Chemical synthesis; Electrical properties
Funding
- Ministry of Education, Science & Technology (MEST)
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The semiconductor behavior of graphene oxide (GO) and reduced graphene oxide (RGO) synthesized by the Hummers method on n-type Si(111) were investigated. Graphene oxide is a product of the oxidation of graphite, during which numerous oxygen functional groups bond to the carbon plane during oxidation. RGO was prepared by adding excess hydrazine to the GO showing p-type semiconductor material behavior. In the C-O bond, the O atom tends to pull electrons from the C atom, leaving a hole in the carbon network. This results in p-type semiconductor behavior of GO, with the carrier concentration dependent upon the degree of oxidation. The RGO was obtained by removing most of the oxygen-containing functionalities from the GO using hydrazine. However, oxygen remaining on the carbon plane caused the RGO to exhibit p-type behavior. The I-V characteristics of GO and RGO deposited on n-type Si(111) forming p-n junctions exhibited different turn-on voltages and slope values. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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