• 文献标题:   Spontaneous doping on high quality talc-graphene-hBN van der Waals heterostructures
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   MANIA E, ALENCAR AB, CADORE AR, CARVALHO BR, WATANABE K, TANIGUCHI T, NEVES BRA, CHACHAM H, CAMPOS LC
  • 作者关键词:   graphene, talc, hbn, high mobility, ptype doped, heterostructure
  • 出版物名称:   2D MATERIALS
  • ISSN:   2053-1583
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Fed Minas Gerais
  • 被引频次:   3
  • DOI:   10.1088/2053-1583/aa76f4
  • 出版年:   2017

▎ 摘  要

Steady doping, added to its remarkable electronic properties, would make graphene a valuable commodity in the solar cell market, as energy power conversion could be substantially increased. Here we report a graphene van der Waals heterostructure which is able to spontaneously dope graphene (p-type) up to n similar to 2.2 x 10(13) cm(-2) while providing excellent charge mobility (mu similar to 25 000 cm(2) V-1 s(-1)). Such properties are achieved via deposition of graphene on atomically flat layered talc, a natural and abundant dielectric crystal. Raman investigation shows a preferential charge accumulation on graphene-talc van der Waals heterostructures, which are investigated through the electronic properties of talc/graphene/hBN heterostructure devices. These heterostructures preserve graphene's good electronic quality, verified by the observation of quantum Hall effect at low magnetic fields (B = 0.4 T) at T = 4.2 K. In order to investigate the physical mechanisms behind graphene-on-talc p-type doping, we performed first-principles calculations of their interface structural and electronic properties. In addition to potentially improving solar cell efficiency, graphene doping via van der Waals stacking is also a promising route towards controlling the band gap opening in bilayer graphene, promoting a steady n or p type doping in graphene and, eventually, providing a new path to access superconducting states in graphene, predicted to exist only at very high doping.