Spatial strain variation of graphene films for stretchable electrodes

  • Ping Xu
  • , Junmo Kang
  • , Jonghwan Suhr
  • , Joseph P. Smith
  • , Karl S. Booksh
  • , Bingqing Wei
  • , Jianyong Yu
  • , Faxue Li
  • , Joon Hyung Byun
  • , Youngseok Oh
  • , Tsu Wei Chou

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Abstract

Graphene films fabricated by chemical vapor deposition are promising electrode materials for stretchable energy storage devices. The buckled four-layer graphene on a polydimethylsiloxane film substrate subject to various applied tensile strains has been characterized by atomic force microscopy and micro-Raman mapping. The small redshift of 2D band and the indiscernible D band demonstrated that the tensile strains of up to 40% only induced a strain variation of less than 0.2% and did not cause any observable damage in the graphene film. This study has confirmed that the graphene film in the buckled state is suitable for its application as a stretchable electrode.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)620-624
Number of pages5
JournalCarbon
Volume93
DOIs
StatePublished - 8 Aug 2015

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