Materials Science and Engineering / Malzeme Bilimi ve Mühendisliği

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    Citation - WoS: 6
    Citation - Scopus: 6
    Few-Layer Mos2 as Nitrogen Protective Barrier
    (IOP Publishing Ltd., 2017) Akbalı, Barış; Yanılmaz, Alper; Tomak, Aysel; Tongay, Sefaattin; Çelebi, Cem; Şahin, Hasan; Çelebi, Cem; 03.01. Department of Bioengineering; 04.05. Department of Pyhsics; 04.04. Department of Photonics; 03. Faculty of Engineering; 04. Faculty of Science; 01. Izmir Institute of Technology
    We report experimental and theoretical investigations of the observed barrier behavior of few-layer MoS2 against nitrogenation. Owing to its low-strength shearing, low friction coefficient, and high lubricity, MoS2 exhibits the demeanor of a natural N-resistant coating material. Raman spectroscopy is done to determine the coating capability of MoS2 on graphene. Surface morphology of our MoS2/graphene heterostructure is characterized by using optical microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, and atomic force microscopy. In addition, density functional theory-based calculations are performed to understand the energy barrier performance of MoS2 against nitrogenation. The penetration of nitrogen atoms through a defect-free MoS2 layer is prevented by a very high vertical diffusion barrier, indicating that MoS2 can serve as a protective layer for the nitrogenation of graphene. Our experimental and theoretical results show that MoS2 material can be used both as an efficient nanocoating material and as a nanoscale mask for selective nitrogenation of graphene layer.
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    Citation - WoS: 28
    Citation - Scopus: 31
    The Effects of Catalyst Pretreatment, Growth Atmosphere and Temperature on Carbon Nanotube Synthesis Using Co-mo/Mgo Catalyst
    (Elsevier Ltd., 2015) İnce Yardımcı, Atike; Yılmaz, Selahattin; Selamet, Yusuf; Yılmaz, Selahattin; 03.02. Department of Chemical Engineering; 04.05. Department of Pyhsics; 03. Faculty of Engineering; 04. Faculty of Science; 01. Izmir Institute of Technology
    The growth of high quality and high yield carbon nanotubes (CNTs) by catalytic chemical vapor deposition (CVD) of CH4 over Co-Mo/MgO catalyst was investigated for different growth temperatures and H2 flow rates. It was observed that CNT yield decreased with the H2 flow rate, however, quality increased with increasing H2 flow rate. CNT yield increased for the temperatures 850-950 °C but dropped significantly above 950 °C. In this study, the highest yield of 1526% was obtained at the growth temperature of 950 °C. The optimum H2 flow rate was 200 sccm; this rate gave both high graphitization and high yield of product. Various CNT growth atmospheres including Ar, H2 and the mixture of both gases were also analyzed and it was observed that the highest quality CNTs were obtained for both pretreatment and growth carried out with H2. This gave a high yield of 292%. On the other hand, CNT growth carried out under Ar atmosphere gave higher CNT yield of 368%, however, the CNTs grown with Ar were more defective and had larger diameters. Prime novelty statement We demonstrate a sorbitol added catalysis synthesis method and importance of the ideal growth conditions to improve high quality single walled carbon nanotube yield up to 1500%.