• 文献标题:   Achieving High-Quality Single-Atom Nitrogen Doping of Graphene/SiC(0001) by Ion Implantation and Subsequent Thermal Stabilization
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   TELYCHKO M, MUTOMBO P, ONDRACEK M, HAPALA P, BOCQUET FC, KOLORENC J, VONDRACEK M, JELINEK P, SVEC M
  • 作者关键词:   graphene, sic, doping, nitrogen, implantation, stm, photoemission
  • 出版物名称:   ACS NANO
  • ISSN:   1936-0851 EI 1936-086X
  • 通讯作者地址:   Acad Sci Czech Republ
  • 被引频次:   52
  • DOI:   10.1021/nn502438k
  • 出版年:   2014

▎ 摘  要

We report a straightforward method to produce high-quality nitrogen-doped graphene on SiC(0001) using direct nitrogen ion implantation and subsequent stabilization at temperatures above 1300 K. We demonstrate that double defects, which comprise two nitrogen defects in a second-nearest-neighbor (meta) configuration, can be formed in a controlled way by adjusting the duration of bombardment. Two types of atomic contrast of single N defects are identified in scanning tunneling microscopy. We attribute the origin of these two contrasts to different tip structures by means of STM simulations. The characteristic dip observed over N defects is explained in terms of the destructive quantum interference.