On the Way to Graphane—Pronounced Fluorescence of Polyhydrogenated Graphene

• DOI: 10.1002/anie.201206799
• Publication Date: 2012-11-26T18:52:55Z
• Authors: Ricarda A. Schäfer; Jan M. Englert; Peter Wehrfritz; Walter Bauer; Frank Hauke; Thomas Seyller; Andreas Hirsch
• Keywords: 02 engineering and technology; 0210 nano-technology

Chemistry meets graphane: a Birch-type reaction using frozen water as a gentle proton source causes the exfoliation of graphite and formation of hydrogenated graphene with electronically decoupled π-nanodomains. This highly functionalized graphene displays pronounced fluorescence.