The Tribological Properties of Reduced Graphene Oxide Doped by N and B Species with Different Configurations

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
Wei SongHongbing Ji

Abstract

Reduced graphene oxide (rGO) was doped by nitrogen (N) and/or boron (B), leading to four different configurations: N-rGO (N-doped rGO), B-rGO (B-doped rGO), N-B-rGO (N and B codoped rGO with formation of B-N bond), and N,B-rGO (N and B isolate-doped rGO without formation of B-N bond). The preparations of different configurations were controlled by the chemical vapor deposition procedure, and their structures were further confirmed by Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), Raman spectroscopy, and X-ray diffraction (XRD). The tribological performance of these was tested via a ball-on-flat tribometer under 5 N load. N,B-rGO displayed better friction-reducing and antiwear performance than N-rGO and B-rGO, while N-B-rGO presented poorer tribological properties. The morphology and components of the wear track after friction were further explored, revealing that N,B-rGO can be adsorbed on the rubbing surface to form a graphene-based protective layer, while N-B-rGO cannot. In addition, first-principles calculations based on density functional theory further confirmed a stronger interfacial energy of N,B-rGO on steel surface than that of N-B-rGO on the steel surface, which was in accordan...Continue Reading

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