• 文献标题:   Reversible Hydrogenation and Bandgap Opening of Graphene and Graphite Surfaces Probed by Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   CASTELLANOSGOMEZ A, WOJTASZEK M, ARRAMEL, TOMBROS N, VAN WEES BJ
  • 作者关键词:   electronic structure, graphene, graphite, hydrogenation, scanning tunneling microscopy
  • 出版物名称:   SMALL
  • ISSN:   1613-6810 EI 1613-6829
  • 通讯作者地址:   Delft Univ Technol
  • 被引频次:   35
  • DOI:   10.1002/smll.201101908
  • 出版年:   2012

▎ 摘  要

The effects of hydrogenation on the topography and electronic properties of graphene and graphite surfaces are studied by scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy. The surfaces are chemically modified using an Ar/H2 plasma. By analyzing thousands of scanning tunneling spectroscopy measurements it is determined that the hydrogen chemisorption on the surface of graphite/graphene opens on average an energy bandgap of 0.4 eV around the Fermi level. Although the plasma treatment modifies the surface topography in an irreversible way, the change in the electronic properties can be reversed by moderate thermal annealing and the samples can be hydrogenated again to yield a similar, but slightly reduced, semiconducting behavior after the second hydrogenation.