RT Journal Article T1 The effect of cesium dopant on APCVD graphene coating on copper A1 Naghdi, Samira A1 Nesovic, Katarina A1 Sánchez Arriaga, Gonzalo A1 Song, Hyun Yong A1 Kim, Sung Wng A1 Rhee, Kyong Yop A1 Miskovic-Stankovic, Vesna AB This study reports in-situ cesium-doped graphene (G/Cs) coating obtained by introducingCs2CO3into the atmospheric pressure chemical vapor deposition (APCVD) furnace dur-ing graphene deposition on copper. The successful Cs-doping of the graphene coating wasconfirmed via X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). As compared to the spectra of puregraphene coating, the XPS spectra of the G/Cs coating revealed a shift of the C1s and Cs3d5/2peaks to higher and lower binding energies, respectively; thus, implying the n-type charac-ter of the doping and indicating a charge transfer between Cs and graphene. Raman resultsshow that a pure graphene coating is composed of fewer layers, fewer defects, and largerdomain size than the G/Cs coating. Ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy was utilized tostudy the work function of graphene and the G/Cs and revealed that doping graphene withCs dopants reduced the work function of graphene by 1.2 eV. Electrochemical testing during15-day immersion in 0.1 M NaCl indicated the destructive effect of the G/Cs coating on theCu substrate. The results showed that the G/Cs coating exhibits a higher corrosion rate andlower corrosion resistance than even the bare metal itself. PB Elsevier SN 2238-7854 YR 2020 FD 2020-09 LK https://hdl.handle.net/10016/32547 UL https://hdl.handle.net/10016/32547 LA eng NO This work was supported by Agencia Estatal de Investigación (Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades of Spain, grant No.: ESP2017-82092-ERC (AEI)); SN work is supported by Comunidad de Madrid (Spain) (grant No.: 2018/T2IND/11352); GSA work is supported by the Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades of Spain (grant No.: RYC-2014-15357). The authors thank the National Research Foundation of the Ministry of Education, Republic of Korea (Basic Science Research Program grant No.: 2018R1A2B5A02023190) and Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of Serbia (Contract No. 451-03-68/2020-14/200135) for financial support. DS e-Archivo RD 27 jul. 2024