• 文献标题:   Standardization of surface potential measurements of graphene domains
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   PANCHAL V, PEARCE R, YAKIMOVA R, TZALENCHUK A, KAZAKOVA O
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  • 出版物名称:   SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
  • ISSN:   2045-2322
  • 通讯作者地址:   Natl Phys Lab
  • 被引频次:   114
  • DOI:   10.1038/srep02597
  • 出版年:   2013

▎ 摘  要

We compare the three most commonly used scanning probe techniques to obtain a reliable value of the work function in graphene domains of different thickness. The surface potential (SP) of graphene is directly measured in Hall bar geometry via a combination of electrical functional microscopy and spectroscopy techniques, which enables calibrated work function measurements of graphene domains in ambient conditions with values Phi(1LG) similar to 4.55 +/- 0.02 eV and Phi(2LG) similar to 4.44 +/- 0.02 eV for single-and bi-layer, respectively. We demonstrate that frequency-modulated Kelvin probe force microscopy (FM-KPFM) provides more accurate measurement of the SP than amplitude-modulated (AM)-KPFM. The discrepancy between experimental results obtained by different techniques is discussed. In addition, we use FM-KPFM for contactless measurements of the specific components of the device resistance. We show a strong non-Ohmic behavior of the electrode-graphene contact resistance and extract the graphene channel resistivity.