Bulk properties of solution-synthesized chevron-like graphene nanoribbons

Authors

• Timothy H. Vo, University of Nebraska – Lincoln
• Mikhail Shekhirev, University of Nebraska – Lincoln
• Alexey Lipatov, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
• Rafal A. Korlacki, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
• Alexander Sinitskii, University of Nebraska – LincolnFollow

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

2014

Citation

Faraday Discuss., 2014, 173, 105

Comments

© The Royal Society of Chemistry 2014

Abstract

Graphene nanoribbons (GNRs) have received a great deal of attention due to their promise for electronic and optoelectronic applications. Several recent studies have focused on the synthesis of GNRs by the bottom-up approaches that could yield very narrow GNRs with atomically precise edges. One type of GNRs that has received a considerable attention is the chevron-like GNR with a very distinct periodic structure. Surface-assisted and solution-based synthetic approaches for the chevron-like GNRs have been developed, but their electronic properties have not been reported yet. In this work, we synthesized chevron-like GNRs in bulk by a solution-based method, characterized them by a number of spectroscopic techniques and measured their bulk conductivity. We demonstrate that solution-synthesized chevron-like GNRs are electrically conductive in bulk, which makes them a potentially promising material for applications in organic electronics and photovoltaics.