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Prospects for microwave plasma synthesized N-graphene in secondary electron emission mitigation applications

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SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
卷 10, 期 1, 页码 -

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NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-69844-9

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  1. European Union [766894]
  2. Portuguese FCT-Fundacao para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia, through EAGER project [PTDC/NAN-MAT/30565/2017]
  3. Bulgarian Ministry of Education and Science [D01-284/2019]
  4. FCT - Portuguese National Funding Agency for Science, Research and Technology [UID/FIS/00068/2019]
  5. Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia [PTDC/NAN-MAT/30565/2017] Funding Source: FCT

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The ability to change the secondary electron emission properties of nitrogen-doped graphene (N-graphene) has been demonstrated. To this end, a novel microwave plasma-enabled scalable route for continuous and controllable fabrication of free-standing N-graphene sheets was developed. High-quality N-graphene with prescribed structural qualities was produced at a rate of 0.5 mg/min by tailoring the high energy density plasma environment. Up to 8% of nitrogen doping levels were achieved while keeping the oxygen content at residual amounts (similar to 1%). The synthesis is accomplished via a single step, at atmospheric conditions, using ethanol/methane and ammonia/methylamine as carbon and nitrogen precursors. The type and level of doping is affected by the position where the N-precursor is injected in the plasma environment and by the type of precursors used. Importantly, N atoms incorporated predominantly in pyridinic/pyrrolic functional groups alter the performance of the collective electronic oscillations, i.e. plasmons, of graphene. For the first time it has been demonstrated that the synergistic effect between the electronic structure changes and the reduction of graphene pi-plasmons caused by N doping, along with the peculiar crumpled morphology, leads to sub-unitary (<1) secondary electron yields. N-graphene can be considered as a prospective low secondary electron emission and plasmonic material.

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