Direct Growth of Graphene on Rigid and Flexible Substrates: Progress, Applicatoins, and Challenges

Authors / Journal

Viet Phuong Pham, Hyeon-Sik Jang, Dongmok Whang and Jae-Young Choi

Chemical Society Reviews / 2017 / vol.46, p6276

Abstract

Graphene has recently been attracting considerable interest because of its exceptional conductivity, mechanical strength, thermal stability, etc. Graphene-based devices exhibit high potential for applications in electronics, optoelectronics, and energy harvesting. In this paper, we review various growth strategies including metalcatalyzed transfer-free growth and direct-growth of graphene on flexible and rigid insulating substrates which are ‘‘major issues’’ for avoiding the complicated transfer processes that cause graphene defects, residues, tears and performance degradation in graphene-based functional devices. Recent advances in practical applications based on ‘‘direct-grown graphene’’ are discussed. Finally, several important directions, challenges and perspectives in the commercialization of ‘direct growth of graphene’ are also discussed and addressed.