TY  - JOUR
PB  - Royal Society of Chemistry
UR  - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85015394910&doi=10.1039%2fC7RA00392G&partnerID=40&md5=530c79b6122275a78279b6ec19ca9c64
SN  - 20462069
TI  - Review of the synthesis, transfer, characterization and growth mechanisms of single and multilayer graphene
ID  - scholars9349
A1  - Lee, H.C.
A1  - Liu, W.-W.
A1  - Chai, S.-P.
A1  - Mohamed, A.R.
A1  - Aziz, A.
A1  - Khe, C.-S.
A1  - Hidayah, N.M.S.
A1  - Hashim, U.
Y1  - 2017///
N1  - cited By 244
SP  - 15644
IS  - 26
N2  - Graphene has emerged as the most popular topic in the active research field since graphene's discovery in 2004 by Andrei Geim and Kostya Novoselov. Since then, graphene research has exponentially accelerated because of its extraordinary properties, which have attracted the interest of researchers all over the world. For example, among the key properties are its thermal conductivity, electrical conductivity, optical transparency, and mechanical properties. These remarkable properties of graphene show its promise for applications in different industries including optical electronics, photovoltaic systems and others. However, the large-scale production and transfer method onto target substrates of monolayer graphene for commercial and industrial applications are still under study in the improvement stage. Therefore, this review presents the state-of-the-art research activities and latest advancement in the synthesis of graphene using various carbon precursors including solid, liquid and gas carbon feedstocks. The characterization methods have also been critically discussed in this review. In addition, the advancement in the transfer methods onto target substrates for achieving clean and high-quality transferred graphene have been thoroughly reviewed. Furthermore, the current growth mechanisms of single and multilayer graphene have also been discussed. © The Royal Society of Chemistry.
VL  - 7
JF  - RSC Advances
AV  - none
EP  - 15693
KW  - Data mining; Multilayers; Photovoltaic cells; Substrates
KW  -  Carbon precursors; Characterization methods; Electrical conductivity; Large scale productions; Multilayer graphene; Optical electronics; Optical transparency; Photovoltaic systems
KW  -  Graphene
ER  -