najoNanosystems: Physics, Chemistry, MathematicsНаносистемы: физика, химия, математика2220-80542305-7971Университет ИТМО10.17586/2220-8054-2019-10-1-102-106najo-538Research ArticleCHEMISTRY AND MATERIALS SCIENCEХИМИЯ И НАУКА О МАТЕРИАЛАХDirect synthesis of hydrogenated graphene via hydrocarbon decomposition in plasmasShavelkinaM. B.

Izhorskaya st. 13 Bd. 2, Moscow, 125412

mshavelkina@gmail.comAmirovR. H.

Izhorskaya st. 13 Bd. 2, Moscow, 125412

amirovravil@yahoo.comJoint Institute for High Temperatures of Russian Academy of SciencesRussian Federation201906082025101102106Copyright © Shavelkina M.B., Amirov R.H., 20252025Shavelkina M.B., Amirov R.H.Shavelkina M.B., Amirov R.H.This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.https://nanojournal.ifmo.ru/jour/article/view/538

We study graphene synthesis in a plasma-jet reactor. Graphene is obtained via decomposition of hydrocarbons in the plasma produced in the DC plasma torch. The products of synthesis are characterized using the following methods: electron microscopy, Raman spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, thermal analysis and express-gravimetry. We make the conclusion that, at the few-layer graphene samples, their hydrogenation takes place. The maximal hydrogen-to-carbon ratio was 1:4.

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