• 文献标题:   Gap Opening in Double-Sided Highly Hydrogenated Free-Standing Graphene
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   BETTI MG, PLACIDI E, IZZO C, BLUNDO E, POLIMENI A, SBROSCIA M, AVILA J, DUDIN P, HU KL, ITO Y, PREZZI D, BONACCI M, MOLINARI E, MARIANI C
  • 作者关键词:   graphane, nanoporous graphene, hydrogen functionalization, spectromicroscopy, density functional theory, gw calculation
  • 出版物名称:   NANO LETTERS
  • ISSN:   1530-6984 EI 1530-6992
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  • 被引频次:   2
  • DOI:   10.1021/acs.nanolett.2c00162
  • 出版年:   2022

▎ 摘  要

Conversion of free-standing graphene into pure graphane-where each C atom is sp(3) bound to a hydrogen atom-has not been achieved so far, in spite of numerous experimental attempts. Here, we obtain an unprecedented level of hydrogenation (approximate to 90% of sp(3) bonds) by exposing fully free-standing nanoporous samples-constituted by a single to a few veils of smoothly rippled graphene-to atomic hydrogen in ultrahigh vacuum. Such a controlled hydrogenation of high-quality and high-specific-area samples converts the original conductive graphene into a wide gap semiconductor, with the valence band maximum (VBM) similar to 3.5 eV below the Fermi level, as monitored by photoemission spectromicroscopy and confirmed by theoretical predictions. In fact, the calculated band structure unequivocally identifies the achievement of a stable, double-sided fully hydrogenated configuration, with gap opening and no trace of pi states, in excellent agreement with the experimental results.