Permanent water swelling effect in low temperature thermally reduced graphene oxide

Abstract

We demonstrate permanent water trapping in reduced graphene oxide (rGO) after high relative humidity (RH) exposure. For this purpose, we grew graphene oxide films via spin-coating on glass substrates followed by thermal reduction. The electrical resistance of the planar device was then measured. We observed that resistance is significantly increased after water vapor exposure and remains stable even after 250 days in ambient conditions. Various techniques were applied to desorb the water and decrease (recover) the material's resistance, but it was achieved only with low temperature thermal annealing (180 0 C) under forming gas (H 2 /N 2 mixture). The permanent effect of water absorption was also detected by x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. Reduced graphene oxide (rGO) has attracted a strong research interest for gas sensing applications in recent years due to its unique electrical and chemical characteristics 1,2,3. Its main advantages among others are good chemical stability over time and ease of functionalization contributing to satisfying selectivity between various analytes 4. The gas sensing mechanism _____________________________

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