Pure hydrogen low-temperature plasma exposure of HOPG and graphene: Graphane formation?

• Baran Eren,
• Dorothée Hug,
• Laurent Marot,
• Rémy Pawlak,
• Marcin Kisiel,
• Roland Steiner,
• Dominik M. Zumbühl and
• Ernst Meyer

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2012, 3, 852–859, doi:10.3762/bjnano.3.96

• playground for physicists and engineers, particularly as a prospect for two-dimensional electronic applications. Nanowire [7] or transistor concepts consisting of only graphene and graphane could be realized. Another possible application is based on its characteristics in terms of hydrogen storage. It has a

• deficiencies and point defects created during the plasma treatment, our results, when considered all together, point to double-sided hydrogenation of the graphene layers. (2) Graphite may be an alternative solution for hydrogen storage. Since hydrogen-LTP-exposed HOPG possesses a high thermal stability