Real-time oxide evolution of copper protected by graphene and boron nitride barriers

Autor: Miriam Galbiati, David M. A. Mackenzie, Luca Camilli, Peter Bøggild, Adam Carsten Stoot
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Galbiati, M, Stoot, A C, Mackenzie, D, Bøggild, P & Camilli, L 2017, ' Real-time oxide evolution of copper protected by graphene and boron nitride barriers ', Scientific Reports, vol. 7, 39770 . https://doi.org/10.1038/srep39770
Scientific Reports
ISSN: 2045-2322
DOI: 10.1038/srep39770
Popis: Applying protective or barrier layers to isolate a target item from the environment is a common approach to prevent or delay its degradation. The impermeability of two-dimensional materials such as graphene and hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) has generated a great deal of interest in corrosion and material science. Owing to their different electronic properties (graphene is a semimetal, whereas hBN is a wide-bandgap insulator), their protection behaviour is distinctly different. Here we investigate the performance of graphene and hBN as barrier coatings applied on copper substrates through a real-time study in two different oxidative conditions. Our findings show that the evolution of the copper oxidation is remarkably different for the two coating materials.
Databáze: OpenAIRE