• 文献标题:   Cleaning of graphene surfaces by low-pressure air plasma
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   PHAM PV
  • 作者关键词:   graphene, cvd, cleaning, airassisted plasma, roughnes
  • 出版物名称:   ROYAL SOCIETY OPEN SCIENCE
  • ISSN:   2054-5703
  • 通讯作者地址:   Sungkyunkwan Univ SKKU
  • 被引频次:   2
  • DOI:   10.1098/rsos.172395
  • 出版年:   2018

▎ 摘  要

The polymer residues still present on a chemical vapourd-eposited graphene surface after its wet transfer by the poly(methyl methacrylate) method to the arbitrary substrates, tend to cause problems such as electrical degradation and unwanted intentional doping. In this study, by using an effective cleaning method for the graphene surface by air-assisted plasma, the graphene surface was cleaned significantly without damaging the graphene network, which resulted in the reduction (approx. 71.11%) of polymer residues on its surface. The analysis reveals that this approach reduced the D-band (impurities, polymer residues) formation while maintaining the p-bonding of the graphene, which affects conductivity. By characterizations of the optical microscope, Raman spectroscopy and atomic force microscopy, we obtained a significantly cleaner graphene surface (roughness of 4.1 nm) compared to pristine graphene (roughness of 1.2 nm) on a SiO2 substrate. In addition, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy data revealed that the C1s peak of the air-assisted graphene film was higher than the one of a pristine graphene film, indicating that a cleaner graphene surface was obtained.