Recent advances in chemical vapour deposition techniques for graphene-based nanoarchitectures: From synthesis to contemporary applications

Owing to its high carrier mobility, exceptional thermal conductivity, optical transparency, and mechanical flexibility, graphene holds great promise for numerous applications, including environmental remediation, energy harvesting and storage, and medical gadgets. In view of this, the large-area synthesis of graphene is expected to broaden its scope of application in various fields. As a promising route for designing graphene sheets, chemical vapour deposition (CVD), which utilizes gas, liquid, and solid precursor on a target substrate, has been widely adopted. This review summarizes the recent development of CVD techniques which are based on thermal, low-pressure, atmospheric pressure, and plasma-enhanced CVD with a particular focus on the design principles and related applications. Based on the specific discussion of the performance metrics, the recent advances of CVD-grown graphene-based nanoarchitectures for energy harvesting, environmental remediation, and health-related applications are also discussed. Finally, multiple perspectives and challenges to overcome the bottleneck of controllable growth of high-quality graphene for future technological applications are summarized. (c) 2022 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.