Laser Fabrication of Graphene‐Based Flexible Electronics

• Published in: Advanced materials (Weinheim) Vol. 32; no. 15; pp. e1901981 - n/a
• Main Authors: You, Rui, Liu, Yu‐Qing, Hao, Yi‐Long, Han, Dong‐Dong, Zhang, Yong‐Lai, You, Zheng
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Germany Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.04.2020
• Subjects: Actuators; Electronic devices; electronic skin; Electronics; Flexible components; flexible electronics; Graphene; graphene oxide; laser fabrication; Laser processing; Lasers; Materials science; Optoelectronic devices; flexible electronics; electronic skin; graphene oxide; graphene; laser fabrication
• ISSN: 0935-9648; 1521-4095; 1521-4095
• DOI: 10.1002/adma.201901981

Recent years have witnessed the rise of graphene and its applications in various electronic devices. Specifically, featuring excellent flexibility, transparency, conductivity, and mechanical robustness, graphene has emerged as a versatile material for flexible electronics. In the past decade, facilitated by various laser processing technologies, including the laser‐treatment‐induced photoreduction of graphene oxides, flexible patterning, hierarchical structuring, heteroatom doping, controllable thinning, etching, and shock of graphene, along with laser‐induced graphene on polyimide, graphene has found broad applications in a wide range of electronic devices, such as power generators, supercapacitors, optoelectronic devices, sensors, and actuators. Here, the recent advancements in the laser fabrication of graphene‐based flexible electronic devices are comprehensively summarized. The various laser fabrication technologies that have been employed for the preparation, processing, and modification of graphene and its derivatives are reviewed. A thorough overview of typical laser‐enabled flexible electronic devices that are based on various graphene sources is presented. With the rapid progress that has been made in the research on graphene preparation methodologies and laser micronanofabrication technologies, graphene‐based electronics may soon undergo fast development. Recent advancements in the laser fabrication of graphene‐based flexible electronic devices are comprehensively reviewed. Various laser processing technologies that enable preparation, processing, and modification of graphene and its derivatives are summarized. An overview of typical laser‐fabricated flexible electronic devices based on graphene‐related materials is presented.