Aromatic N2 molecules in graphene

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 Chemically modified graphene platelets, produced via graphene oxide, show great promise in a variety of applications due to their electrical, thermal, barrier and mechanical properties. Understanding the chemical structures of chemically modified graphene platelets will aid in the understanding of their physical properties and facilitate development of chemically modified graphene platelet chemistry. Here we use 13C and 15N solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy to study the chemical structure of 15N-labelled hydrazine-treated 13C-labelled graphite oxide and unlabelled hydrazine-treated graphene oxide, respectively. These experiments suggest that hydrazine treatment of graphene oxide causes insertion of an aromatic N2 moiety in a five-membered ring at the platelet edges and also restores graphitic networks on the basal planes. Furthermore, density-functional theory calculations support the formation of such N2 structures at the edges and help to elucidate the influence of the aromatic N2 moieties on the electronic structure of chemically modified graphene platelets.


http://www.nature.com/ncomms/journal/v3/n1/full/ncomms1643.html

S. Park et al, Nat. Commun. - Jan. 24 2012

 

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