Insight on Structure of Water and Ice Next to Graphene Using Surface-Sensitive Spectroscopy
2017
The water/graphene interface has received considerable attention in the past decade due to its relevance in various potential applications including energy storage, sensing, desalination, and catalysis. Most of our knowledge about the interfacial water structure next to graphene stems from simulations, which use experimentally measured water contact angles (WCAs) on graphene (or graphite) to estimate the water–graphene interaction strength. However, the existence of a wide spectrum of reported WCAs on supported graphene and graphitic surfaces makes it difficult to interpret the water–graphene interactions. Here, we have used surface-sensitive infrared-visible sum frequency generation (SFG) spectroscopy to probe the interfacial water structure next to graphene supported on a sapphire substrate. In addition, the ice nucleation properties of graphene have been explored by performing in situ freezing experiments as graphitic surfaces are considered good ice nucleators. For graphene supported on sapphire, we o...
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