Abstract

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.

Highlights

  • The results of numerical simulation of noble gases diffusion, oxygen, nitrogen1–2 by a single layer of graphene, obtained by DFT3 (Density Functional Theory) indicate that graphene is impermeable material

  • The diagram assumes an uneven amount of oxygen in both graphene oxide forms

  • It is obvious that the fraction of oxygen in GO is higher than in the case of thermally reduced graphene oxide rGO – O2(GO)>O2(rGO)

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Summary

Morphology and properties of the graphene layer on the copper substrate

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

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