Enhanced thermoelectric performance of defect engineered monolayer graphene. (23rd April 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Kim, Woochang; Lee, Wonseok; Lee, Seung-Mo; Kim, Duckjong; Park, Jinsung
• Is Part Of: Nanotechnology. Volume 33:Number 17(2022)
• Publication Date: 2022-04-23
• Subjects: graphene -- defect engineering -- thermoelectric figure of merit -- thermoelectric property measurement; Nanotechnology -- Periodicals; Nanotechnology -- Periodicals; Nanotechnology; Publications périodiques; Nanotechnologies; Periodicals; 620.5
• DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/ac4aa6
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0957-4484

Abstract

Abstract: We propose a method of improving the thermoelectric properties of graphene using defect engineering through plasma irradiation and atomic layer deposition (ALD). We intentionally created atomic blemishes in graphene by oxygen plasma treatment and subsequently healed the atomistically defective places using Pt-ALD. After healing, the thermal conductivity of the initially defective graphene increased slightly, while the electrical conductivity and the square of the Seebeck coefficient increased pronouncedly. The thermoelectric figure of merit of the Pt-ALD treated graphene was measured to be over 4.8 times higher than the values reported in the literature. We expect that our study could provide a useful guideline for the development of graphene-based thermoelectric devices.