• 文献标题:   Evolutionary Kinetics of Graphene Formation on Copper
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   CELEBI K, COLE MT, CHOI JW, WYCZISK F, LEGAGNEUX P, RUPESINGHE N, ROBERTSON J, TEO KBK, PARK HG
  • 作者关键词:   graphene, chemical vapor deposition, gompertzian sigmoidal growth kinetic, secondary nucleation, dispersive kinetic, catalytic dissociation dehydrogenation
  • 出版物名称:   NANO LETTERS
  • ISSN:   1530-6984 EI 1530-6992
  • 通讯作者地址:   ETH
  • 被引频次:   74
  • DOI:   10.1021/nl303934v
  • 出版年:   2013

▎ 摘  要

It has been claimed that graphene growth on copper by chemical vapor deposition is dominated by crystallization from the surface initially supersaturated with carbon adatoms, which implies that the growth is independent of hydrocarbon addition after the nucleation phase. Here, we present an alternative growth model based on our observations that oppose this claim. Our Gompertzian sigmoidal growth kinetics and secondary nucleation behavior support the postulate dynamics and the dispersive kinetic processes of catalytic dissociation that the growth can be controlled by adsorption-desorption and dehydrogenation of carbon precursors on copper.