Doublet of D and 2D bands in graphene deposited with Ag nanoparticles by surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy Original Research Article

Surface enhanced Raman spectrum of graphene was obtained by modifying graphene with Ag nano-particles. The doublet of D band and 2D band was observed due to surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) enhancement and relaxation of the selection rules originated from the interaction of Ag nano-particles and graphene. The difference in the doublet of D band in which the separation between the two peaks is 11 cm−1 is close to the theoretical value of 9 cm−1 and can be attributed to the disorder and edge effect. The doublet of 2D band can be assigned to the asymmetry of dispersion relation along KM and KГ respectively. The phonon mode at 1510 cm−1 can be associated with the iTO phonon near ГK/4. This confirms the phonon dispersion based on double resonance (DR) theory in iTO branch.