• 文献标题:   Hole-doping of mechanically exfoliated graphene by confined hydration layers
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   BOLLMANN TRJ, ANTIPINA LY, TEMMEN M, REICHLING M, SOROKIN PB
  • 作者关键词:   graphene, noncontact atomic force microscopy ncafm kpfm, liquidsolid interface structure, electronic transport in nanoscale materials structure
  • 出版物名称:   NANO RESEARCH
  • ISSN:   1998-0124 EI 1998-0000
  • 通讯作者地址:   MESA Inst Nanotechnol
  • 被引频次:   11
  • DOI:   10.1007/s12274-015-0807-x
  • 出版年:   2015

▎ 摘  要

By the use of non-contact atomic force microscopy (NC-AFM) and Kelvin probe force microscopy (KPFM), we measure the local surface potential of mechanically exfoliated graphene on the prototypical insulating hydrophilic substrate of CaF2(111). Hydration layers confined between the graphene and the CaF2 substrate, resulting from the graphene's preparation under ambient conditions on the hydrophilic substrate surface, are found to electronically modify the graphene as the material's electron density transfers from graphene to the hydration layer. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations predict that the first 2 to 3 water layers adjacent to the graphene hole-dope the graphene by several percent of a unit charge per unit cell.