Investigation of the thermal and light sensing properties of graphene oxide and reduced graphene oxide films obtained by spin coating method

Abstract

This paper reported the thermal and light sensing properties of graphene oxide (GO) and reduced graphene oxide (RGO) films obtained by spin coating on soda lime glass. GO showed a higher thermal sensing response of 9.0 compared to RGO which had a maximum thermal sensing response of 2.2 at 623 K. The thermal conductivity of GO and RGO increased with temperature although RGO typified better thermal conductivity. For GO, a negative temperature coefficient of resistance (NTC) of 0.0032153 /K was obtained which is higher than values obtained in literatures while RGO had a NTC value of 0.00201/K. For the photo sensing, the peak photo resistance of GO corresponds to an energy band gap of 3.5 eV while the peak photo resistance of RGO corresponds to a decreased energy band gap of 2.76 eV. It was also confirmed that lower bandgap favored improved photosensing function. RGO film showed intrinsic photoconductivity as the photoconductivity increased at longer wavelengths. The photo sensing of GO and RGO were dominated by inter-band optical transitions in the UV to mid infrared region. The obtained NTC values for GO and RGO and the photoconductivity of the materials can promote further utilization in robotics and optical applications.

Keywords:

• RGO
• photosensors
• thermal sensors
• spin coating
• negative temperature coefficient

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On behalf of all authors, the corresponding author states that there is no conflict of interest.

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Funding

One of the authors (K. O. Olumurewa) thankfully acknowledge Federal Government of Nigeria for providing financial support as PTDF in country scholarship scheme (Grant No.-P2674883473917294).