• 文献标题:   Thermally activated double-carrier transport in epitaxial graphene on vanadium-compensated 6H-SiC as revealed by Hall effect measurements
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   CIUK T, KOZLOWSKI A, MICHALOWSKI PP, KASZUB W, KOZUBAL M, REKUC Z, PODGORSKI J, STANCZYK B, PRZYBOROWSKA K, JOZWIK I, KOWALIK A, KAMINSKI P
  • 作者关键词:   graphene, epitaxy, cvd, hall effect, sensor, atomic layer deposition, transport propertie
  • 出版物名称:   CARBON
  • ISSN:   0008-6223 EI 1873-3891
  • 通讯作者地址:   Inst Elect Mat Technol
  • 被引频次:   2
  • DOI:   10.1016/j.carbon.2018.07.049
  • 出版年:   2018

▎ 摘  要

In this report we demonstrate the results of charge carriers transport studies in graphene using a Hall effect sensor fabricated on quasi-free-standing monolayer graphene grown on a semi-insulating on-axis vanadium-compensated 6H-SiC(0001) substrate in an epitaxial Chemical Vapor Deposition process. The sensor is passivated with aluminum oxide through atomic layer deposition and offers current-mode sensitivity of 140 V/AT with thermal stability of - 0.02%/K within the range between 80 and 573 K. The electrical properties of the graphene layer are determined as a function of temperature ranging from 300 to 770 K. High-temperature characteristics of passivated and not passivated graphene are compared and their profiles explained through a double carrier transport involving the spontaneous-polarizationinduced holes in the graphene layer and the thermally activated electrons from a shallow donor level of nitrogen in the quasi-cubic (k(1)) site and a deep acceptor level of vanadium in the hexagonal (h) site both present in the bulk of the vanadium-compensated SiC substrate. Finally, we conclude that this mechanism is directly responsible for the limitation of the thermal stability of the sensor's current-mode sensitivity. (C) 2018 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.