• 文献标题:   Uniform hexagonal graphene flakes and films grown on liquid copper surface
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   GENG DC, WU B, GUO YL, HUANG LP, XUE YZ, CHEN JY, YU G, JIANG L, HU WP, LIU YQ
  • 作者关键词:   atomic crystal, electronic material
  • 出版物名称:   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
  • ISSN:   0027-8424
  • 通讯作者地址:   Chinese Acad Sci
  • 被引频次:   241
  • DOI:   10.1073/pnas.1200339109
  • 出版年:   2012

▎ 摘  要

Unresolved problems associated with the production of graphene materials include the need for greater control over layer number, crystallinity, size, edge structure and spatial orientation, and a better understanding of the underlying mechanisms. Here we report a chemical vapor deposition approach that allows the direct synthesis of uniform single-layered, large-size (up to 10,000 mu m(2)), spatially self-aligned, and single-crystalline hexagonal graphene flakes (HGFs) and their continuous films on liquid Cu surfaces. Employing a liquid Cu surface completely eliminates the grain boundaries in solid polycrystalline Cu, resulting in a uniform nucleation distribution and low graphene nucleation density, but also enables self-assembly of HGFs into compact and ordered structures. These HGFs show an average two-dimensional resistivity of 609 +/- 200 Omega and saturation current density of 0.96 +/- 0.15 mA/mu m, demonstrating their good conductivity and capability for carrying high current density.