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Indexed by: Journal Article

Date of Publication: 2016-04-01

Journal: JOURNAL OF MICROMECHANICS AND MICROENGINEERING

Included Journals: EI、SCIE

Volume: 26

Issue: 4

ISSN: 0960-1317

Key Words: electrohydrodynamic jet; printing; graphene; electrochemistry test

Abstract: This paper reports the use of electrohydrodynamic jet (E-jet) printing technique for producing a wide range of graphene micro-scale structures. Ethyl cellulose-dispersed graphene ink and Nafion-dispersed graphene ink were prepared and used for E-Jet printing. A glass slide and PDMS substrate were used for E-Jet printing of graphene ink. The E-jet printed graphene micro-scale structures using ethyl cellulose-dispersed graphene ink presented a feature of center arrayed graphene surrounded by the track of evaporated solution. However, the E-Jet printed graphene structures using Nafion-dispersed graphene ink exhibited uniform arranged features. It was observed that the resistivity of the graphene structures printed from the ethyl cellulose-dispersed graphene ink was much lower than that from the Nafion-dispersed graphene ink. In addition, the graphene micro-scale electrodes were E-Jet printed for preliminary electrochemical applications. The results showed that the graphene micro-scale electrodes had a distinct response for the lead ion. Furthermore, a Pt/graphene composite electrode was formed and an electrochemistry test was conducted. It was found that the Pt/ graphene composite electrode had a more sensitive response compared with the pure Pt electrode for electrochemical sensing.