Providing a substrate; Providing a coating composition comprising MX / graphite carbon precursor with a liquid carrier and a Formula (I); Step of disposing a coating composition on a substrate to form a complex; Optionally, the step of baking the composite; Step by annealing the composite under a forming gas atmosphere, converted into the graphitized carbon layer and the MX layer place the composite on a substrate by providing a multi-layer structure, wherein MX layers are inserted between the inner graphite carbon layer and the substrate a multi-layer structure; Exposing a multi-layer structure in acid; The method of producing a carbon graphite sheet, and recovering the carbon-graphite layer as a free-standing carbon graphite sheet is provided.