• 文献标题:   Neutralization of an epitaxial graphene grown on a SiC(0001) by means of palladium intercalation
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   YAGYU K, TAKAHASHI K, TOCHIHARA H, TOMOKAGE H, SUZUKI T
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  • 出版物名称:   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS
  • ISSN:   0003-6951 EI 1077-3118
  • 通讯作者地址:   Fukuoka Univ
  • 被引频次:   4
  • DOI:   10.1063/1.4979083
  • 出版年:   2017

▎ 摘  要

Pd-intercalated graphene grown on a SiC(0001) substrate was investigated using STM, angleresolved photoemission spectroscopy, and XPS. Pd atoms deposited at room temperature on a zero layer graphene grown on a SiC(0001) substrate were intercalated between the zero layer graphene and the SiC substrate after the thermal annealing above 700 degrees C, forming a Pd-intercalated single layer graphene. No charge transfer occurred between the intercalated Pd layer and the graphene, which resulted in the formation of the electrically neutral graphene. The Pd-intercalated graphene remained electrically neutral throughout the annealing temperature range between 700 and 1100 degrees C. The charge transfer, however, occurred between the intercalated Pd layer and the SiC substrate, which caused a band bending confirmed in the core level spectra measured by XPS. Published by AIP Publishing.