• 文献标题:   Tuning ultrafast electron injection dynamics at organic-graphene/metal interfaces
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   RAVIKUMAR A, KLADNIK G, MULLER M, COSSARO A, BAVDEK G, PATERA LL, SANCHEZPORTAL D, VENKATARAMAN L, MORGANTE A, BRIVIO GP, CVETKO D, FRATESI G
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  • 出版物名称:   NANOSCALE
  • ISSN:   2040-3364 EI 2040-3372
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Milano Bicocca
  • 被引频次:   0
  • DOI:   10.1039/c7nr08737c
  • 出版年:   2018

▎ 摘  要

We compare the ultrafast charge transfer dynamics of molecules on epitaxial graphene and bilayer graphene grown on Ni(111) interfaces through first principles calculations and X-ray resonant photoemission spectroscopy. We use 4,4'-bipyridine as a prototypical molecule for these explorations as the energy level alignment of core-excited molecular orbitals allows ultrafast injection of electrons from a substrate to a molecule on a femtosecond timescale. We show that the ultrafast injection of electrons from the substrate to the molecule is similar to 4 times slower on weakly coupled bilayer graphene than on epitaxial graphene. Through our experiments and calculations, we can attribute this to a difference in the density of states close to the Fermi level between graphene and bilayer graphene. We therefore show how graphene coupling with the substrate influences charge transfer dynamics between organic molecules and graphene interfaces.