Surface Morphology Changes of Graphene on Flexible PET Substrate Upon Thermal Annealing
- Authors
- Samal, Monica; Lee, Jong Min; Park, Won Il; Yi, Dong Kee; Paik, Ungyu; Lee, Chang-Lyoul
- Issue Date
- Nov-2011
- Publisher
- AMER SCIENTIFIC PUBLISHERS
- Keywords
- Graphene; Flexible Substrate; Polymer Photovoltaic Device; Surface Morphology; Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM); Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy (FE-SEM)
- Citation
- JOURNAL OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY, v.11, no.11, pp.10069 - 10077
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- SCIE
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- Journal Title
- JOURNAL OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY
- Volume
- 11
- Number
- 11
- Start Page
- 10069
- End Page
- 10077
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/hanyang/handle/2021.sw.hanyang/167247
- DOI
- 10.1166/jnn.2011.4977
- ISSN
- 1533-4880
- Abstract
- The performance of a polymer photovoltaic device using multilayered graphene on an amorphous PET substrate as the electrode was studied. The changes in surface morphology of graphene coated polyethylene terephthalate (PETG) substrate upon thermal annealing were investigated by atomic force microscopy (AFM), field emission scanning electron microscope (FE-SEM) and current voltage characteristics. The root mean square (RMS) roughness of PETG substrate before annealing was 36.5 nm that decreased to 11.5 nm after 10 min thermal annealing at 110 degrees C. The mean grain size of the substrate decreased from 2301 nm(2) to 848 nm(2). The PETG surface became smooth when thermally annealed as the voids created by the bubbles in the graphene layer were filled up with thermal expansion of the PET substrate. However, cracks present initially on the graphene due to surface stress between the graphene and PET layer grew further upon annealing that deteriorated the device performance. This study on the graphene surface morphology change upon annealing and the consequent drop in device performance vis-a-vis an ITO glass electrode shows potential drawback of solar cell device fabrication on such flexible substrates.
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