• 文献标题:   Defect Healing in Graphene via Rapid Thermal Annealing with Polymeric "Nanobandage"
  • 文献类型:   Article, Early Access
  • 作  者:   SENGER C, FAN X, PAGADUAN JN, ZHANG XY, PING JL, KATSUMATA R
  • 作者关键词:   defecthealing, doping, graphene, polymer thin film, rapid thermal annealing
  • 出版物名称:   SMALL
  • ISSN:   1613-6810 EI 1613-6829
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  • 被引频次:   2
  • DOI:   10.1002/smll.202206295 EA DEC 2022
  • 出版年:   2022

▎ 摘  要

Overcoming throughput challenges in current graphene defect healing processes, such as conventional thermal annealing, is crucial for realizing post-silicon device fabrication. Herein, a new time- and energy-efficient method for defect healing in graphene is reported, utilizing polymer-assisted rapid thermal annealing (RTA). In this method, a nitrogen-rich, polymeric "nanobandage" is coated directly onto graphene and processed via RTA at 800 degrees C for 15 s. During this process, the polymer matrix is cleanly degraded, while nitrogen released from the nanobandage can diffuse into graphene, forming nitrogen-doped healed graphene. To study the influence of pre-existing defects on graphene healing, lattice defects are purposefully introduced via electron beam irradiation and investigated by Raman microscopy. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy reveals successful healing of graphene, observing a maximum doping level of 3 atomic nitrogen % in nanobandage-treated samples from a baseline of 0-1 atomic % in non-nanobandage treated samples. Electrical transport measurements further indicate that the nanobandage treatment recovers the conductivity of scanning electron microscope-treated defective graphene at approximate to 85%. The reported polymer-assisted RTA defect healing method shows promise for healing other 2D materials with other dopants by simply changing the chemistry of the polymeric nanobandage.