• 文献标题:   Tuning adlayer-substrate interactions of graphene/h-BN heterostructures on Cu(111)-Ni and Ni(111)-Cu surface alloys
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   HUANG JM, WANG Q, LIU PF, CHEN GH, YANG YH
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  • 出版物名称:   RSC ADVANCES
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  • 被引频次:   3
  • DOI:   10.1039/d0ra08622c
  • 出版年:   2021

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The evolution of the interface and interaction of h-BN and graphene/h-BN (Gr/h-BN) on Cu(111)-Ni and Ni(111)-Cu surface alloys versus the Ni/Cu atomic percentage on the alloy surface were comparatively studied by the DFT-D2 method, including the critical long-range van der Waals forces. Our results showed that the interaction strength and interface distance of Gr/h-BN/metal can be distinctly tuned by regulating the chemical composition of the surface alloy at the interface. The initially weak interaction of h-BN/Cu(111)-Ni increased linearly with increasing Ni atomic percentage, and the interface distances decreased from similar to 3.10 to similar to 2.10 angstrom. For the h-BN/Ni(111)-Cu interface, the strong interaction of the NtopBfcc/hcp stacking decreased sharply with increasing Cu atomic percentage from 0% to 50%, and the interface distances increased from similar to 2.15 to similar to 3.00 angstrom; meanwhile, the weak interaction of the BtopNfcc/hcp stacking decreased slightly with increasing Cu atomic percentage. The absorption of graphene on h-BN/Cu(111)-Ni with BtopNhollow/NtopBfcc and BtopNhollow/BtopNfcc stacking was more energetically favorable than that with NtopBhollow/NtopBfcc and NtopBhollow/BtopNfcc at Ni atomic percentages under 75%, while the interaction energy of graphene on h-BN/Cu(111)-Ni increased sharply at Ni atomic percentages higher than 75% for the BtopNhollow/NtopBfcc and NtopBhollow/NtopBfcc stacking. In contrast, the interaction between graphene and the h-BN/Ni(111)-Cu surface increased sharply at Cu atomic percentages lower than 25% and decreased sharply at Cu atomic percentages higher than 75%. The interaction energies were higher when the percentage of Cu atom was between 25% and 75%. The analysis of charge transfer and density of states provided further details on the changing character and evolution trends of the interactions among graphene, h-BN, and Cu-Ni surface alloy versus the Ni/Cu atomic percentage.