<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The aim of the work presented in the article was to clarify controversial comments about anti-corrosion and mechanical properties of graphene coatings, deposited on copper substrates. It was designed special experimental cycle comprising: preparation of graphene forms and copper, the observation of layers Cu / GO (rGO) after the thermal reduction processes and oxidative test in air at 150°C temperature and 350 h in time. The resulting coatings and graphene layers were subjected to tribological test for hardness. The observed differences in the continuity of the coverage copper surface by graphene forms, allowed to understand the macroscopic effect of increased hardness and wear resistance layers rGO/Cu.</p></abstract>

The aim of the work presented in the article was to clarify controversial comments about anti-corrosion and mechanical properties of graphene coatings, deposited on copper substrates. It was designed special experimental cycle comprising: preparation of graphene forms and copper, the observation of layers Cu / GO (rGO) after the thermal reduction processes and oxidative test in air at 150°C temperature and 350 h in time. The resulting coatings and graphene layers were subjected to tribological test for hardness. The observed differences in the continuity of the coverage copper surface by graphene forms, allowed to understand the macroscopic effect of increased hardness and wear resistance layers rGO/Cu.

Morphology and properties of the graphene layer on the copper substrate

Institute of Electronic Materials Technology, Wólczyńska 133, 01-919 Warsaw, Poland

Polish Journal of Chemical Technology

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The aim of the work presented in the article was to clarify controversial comments about anti-corrosion and mechanical properties of graphene coatings,...

Morphology and properties of the graphene layer on the copper substrate

Published Online: Nov 27, 2015

Page range: 104 - 108

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/pjct-2015-0075

Keywords
copper, graphene, graphene oxide, reduced graphene oxide

© 2015 Katarzyna Pietrzak et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Morphology and properties of the graphene layer on the copper substrate

Published Online: Nov 27, 2015

Page range: 104 - 108

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/pjct-2015-0075

Keywordscopper, graphene, graphene oxide, reduced graphene oxide

© 2015 Katarzyna Pietrzak et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
copper, graphene, graphene oxide, reduced graphene oxide