• 文献标题:   Properties of epitaxial graphene grown on C-face SiC compared to Si-face
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   JOHANSSON LI, VIROJANADARA C
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  • 出版物名称:   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS RESEARCH
  • ISSN:   0884-2914 EI 2044-5326
  • 通讯作者地址:   Linkoping Univ
  • 被引频次:   4
  • DOI:   10.1557/jmr.2013.261
  • 出版年:   2014

▎ 摘  要

Epitaxial graphene of uniform thickness prepared on SiC is of great interest for various applications. On the Si-face, large area uniformity has been achieved, and there is a general consensus about the graphene properties. A similar uniformity has yet not been demonstrated on the C-face where the graphene has been claimed to be fundamentally different. A rotational disorder between adjacent graphene layers has been reported and suggested to explain why multilayer C-face graphene show the pi-band characteristic of monolayer graphene. Utilizing low energy electron microscopy, x-ray photoelectron electron microscopy, low energy electron diffraction, and photoelectron spectroscopy, we investigated the properties of C-face graphene prepared by sublimation growth. We observe the formation of micrometer-sized crystallographic grains of multilayer graphene and no rotational disorder between adjacent layers within a grain. Adjacent grains are in general found to have different azimuthal orientations. Effects on C-face graphene by hydrogen treatment and Na exposure were also investigated and are reported. Why multilayer C-face graphene exhibits single layer electronic properties is still a puzzle, however.