• 文献标题:   Hydrogenated Graphene as a Homoepitaxial Tunnel Barrier for Spin and Charge Transport in Graphene
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   FRIEDMAN AL, VAN T ERVE OMJ, ROBINSON JT, WHITENER KE, JONKER BT
  • 作者关键词:   graphene, hydrogenated graphene, electronic transport, spin transport, tunnel barrier
  • 出版物名称:   ACS NANO
  • ISSN:   1936-0851 EI 1936-086X
  • 通讯作者地址:   US Navy
  • 被引频次:   28
  • DOI:   10.1021/acsnano.5b02795
  • 出版年:   2015

▎ 摘  要

We demonstrate that hydrogenated graphene performs as a homoepitaxial tunnel barrier on a graphene charge/spin channel. We examine the tunneling behavior through measuring the IV curves and zero bias resistance. We also fabricate hydrogenated graphene/graphene nonlocal spin valves and measure the spin lifetimes using the Hanle effect, with spintronic nonlocal spin valve operation demonstrated up to room temperature. We show that while hydrogenated graphene indeed allows for spin transport in graphene and has many advantages over oxide tunnel barriers, it does not perform as well as similar fluorinated graphene/graphene devices, possibly due to the presence of magnetic moments in the hydrogenated graphene that act as spin scatterers.