We use synchrotron radiation-induced core level photoemission spectroscopy to investigate the influence of vacancies, produced by ion bombardment, on monolayer graphene/Ni(111) exposed to CO at pressures ranging from ultra-high vacuum (10−10 mbar) up to near ambient (5.6 mbar) conditions. CO intercalates at a rate which is comparable to the one observed in absence of defects and reacts via the Boudouard reaction producing additional carbon atoms and CO2. While the former attach to the graphene layer and extend it over areas previously covered by carbide, the CO2 molecules bind to the graphene vacancies forming epoxy-like bonds across them, thus mending the defects. The so-formed complexes give rise to a peak at 533.4 eV which persists upon evacuating the vacuum chamber at room temperature and which we assign to a covalently bonded species containing C and O.

Intercalation and reactions of CO under single layer Graphene/Ni(111): the role of vacancies

Carraro, Giovanni;Stojkovska, Marija;Smerieri, Marco;Savio, Letizia;Rocca, Mario;Vattuone, Luca
2022-01-01

Abstract

We use synchrotron radiation-induced core level photoemission spectroscopy to investigate the influence of vacancies, produced by ion bombardment, on monolayer graphene/Ni(111) exposed to CO at pressures ranging from ultra-high vacuum (10−10 mbar) up to near ambient (5.6 mbar) conditions. CO intercalates at a rate which is comparable to the one observed in absence of defects and reacts via the Boudouard reaction producing additional carbon atoms and CO2. While the former attach to the graphene layer and extend it over areas previously covered by carbide, the CO2 molecules bind to the graphene vacancies forming epoxy-like bonds across them, thus mending the defects. The so-formed complexes give rise to a peak at 533.4 eV which persists upon evacuating the vacuum chamber at room temperature and which we assign to a covalently bonded species containing C and O.
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