摘要

由於機緣巧合，博士班的五年當中，除了在徐老師實驗室做了碳管相關的研究，更在中央研究院張仕欣老師協助下參與掃描探針顯微鏡的研究，也因此接觸了石墨烯(Graphene)的領域，也與逸帆合作了這部分的相關研究。博三下前往德國海德堡大學做了一年關於自組裝分子(Self-Assembly Molecular)、孔性金屬-有機配位聚合物(Surface Metal Organic Framework)的研究。因此，本論文主要藉著表面分析儀器，探討四種不同碳材料在應用上的性質。

第一章
簡介四種碳材(CNT, Graphene, SAMs, SurMOFs)的相關性質，包含結構、電性、化學性質及可能的應用。此外，並論述了各種材料的合成方式、結構分析方法，包含X-Rray、拉曼光譜分析及ESCA等。

第二章
本章節主要探討藉著原子層積法將良好的光電材料氧化鋅鍍於垂直陣列的奈米碳管上，從XRD的分析當中發現了碳酸鋅介穩物質的存在，藉由不同鍍膜時間的氧化鋅/奈米碳管的結構中，試著由TEM、XRD和歐傑電子預測了可能的成長機制。另外，在光學部分，光激發螢光量測結果說明了附著於碳管上的氧化鋅仍維持了獨特的光學性質，並大幅增進了碳管的光電流效應。

第三章
此章主要研究關於藉由在金屬表面吸附上石墨烯碎片，利用石墨烯有大的比表面積，能快速吸附酸性離子的特性，有效改善金屬在酸液中抗腐蝕的問題。

附錄A
本章介紹兩種新世代發展的奈米材料，自組裝分子膜和孔性金屬-有機配位聚合物。第一部分，利用水銀液滴量測法量測硒和硫基底的自組裝分子模，從I-V圖中得知硒基底的分子模擁有較好的導電能力，並利用文獻證明之。第二部分，同樣藉由水銀液滴量測法瞭解SurMOFs的導電度與MOFs的厚度成反比，然後，藉著浸泡進二茂鐵水溶液，有效的將鐵離子摻雜入有機鍊的孔洞中，改變電子傳輸途徑，大幅增加導電能力。

Abstract

Carbon nanotubes (CNTs), graphene, self assembly molecular (SAM) and surface metal of framework (SurMOF) are studied and are presented in this thesis. Five chapters with three main topics are discussed and abstracts of each chapter are described as followings.

Chapter 1 introduces the background of each carbon materials, including the structure, electronic properties, and chemical properties. In addition, theories of the produced, analyzed instruments and techniques employed are also discussed.

Chapter 2 discusses the properties of ZnO coated aligned multi-walled CNTs. Zinc carbonates are identified at interface of CNTs and ZnO which provide the evidence of growing processes. Futuremore, Oxide coats remain optically active at ultraviolet (UV) wavelength and emissions through near-band-edge (NBE) transitions are verified by photoluminescence (PL) profiles at low and room temperature. Upon photoexcitation, fully coated tubes exhibit an increased photocurrent (Iph) and quantum efficiency.

Chapter 3 demonstrates the graphene’s family, graphene nano-flakes (GNFs) used for protecting metals from electrochemical degradation. With high specific surface area comparing to graphene, GNFs play a important role as a filter to prevent the ions close to metal surfaces, which promotes resistance to corrosion. In addition, GNFs can be easily made and their flexibility shows potential as passivation layers for metals.
Appendix A measures the electronic property of SAMs and a newly developed material known as SurMOFs. In the first part, the I-V diagram indicates selenium-based materials have a higher electronic conductivity than that of sulfur-based SAMs. In the second part, the resistance of SurMOFs and thickness are measured and found in direct proportion. In addition, immersing of MOFs into Fe2+-containing ferrocene solution modifies structure and greatly improves the electronic conductivity.

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