Bottom-Up Synthesis of Necklace-Like Graphene Nanoribbons
摘要:
AbstractGraphene nanoribbons (GNRs) with an unprecedented “necklace‐like” structure were synthesized through a bottom‐up chemical approach, based on the oxidative cyclodehydrogenation of tailor‐made polyphenylene precursors. A polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon consisting of 84 sp2 carbons (C84) was also synthesized and characterized as a model compound. Characterizations by a combination of MALDI‐TOF MS and FTIR, Raman, and UV/Vis absorption spectroscopy validated the formation of the necklace‐like GNRs. The absorption spectrum and DFT calculations revealed a bandgap of approximately 1.4 eV for this novel GNR system, which has not been attained with other GNR structures, enabling further fine‐tuning of GNR bandgaps by structural modulation.
Bottom-Up Synthesis of Necklace-Like Graphene Nanoribbons
摘要:
AbstractGraphene nanoribbons (GNRs) with an unprecedented “necklace‐like” structure were synthesized through a bottom‐up chemical approach, based on the oxidative cyclodehydrogenation of tailor‐made polyphenylene precursors. A polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon consisting of 84 sp2 carbons (C84) was also synthesized and characterized as a model compound. Characterizations by a combination of MALDI‐TOF MS and FTIR, Raman, and UV/Vis absorption spectroscopy validated the formation of the necklace‐like GNRs. The absorption spectrum and DFT calculations revealed a bandgap of approximately 1.4 eV for this novel GNR system, which has not been attained with other GNR structures, enabling further fine‐tuning of GNR bandgaps by structural modulation.
AbstractGraphene nanoribbons (GNRs) with an unprecedented “necklace‐like” structure were synthesized through a bottom‐up chemical approach, based on the oxidative cyclodehydrogenation of tailor‐made polyphenylene precursors. A polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon consisting of 84 sp2 carbons (C84) was also synthesized and characterized as a model compound. Characterizations by a combination of MALDI‐TOF MS and FTIR, Raman, and UV/Vis absorption spectroscopy validated the formation of the necklace‐like GNRs. The absorption spectrum and DFT calculations revealed a bandgap of approximately 1.4 eV for this novel GNR system, which has not been attained with other GNR structures, enabling further fine‐tuning of GNR bandgaps by structural modulation.