• 文献标题:   Effect of high carbon incorporation in Co substrates on the epitaxy of hexagonal boron nitride/graphene heterostructures
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   KHANAKI A, TIAN H, XU ZG, ZHENG RJ, HE YW, CUI ZJ, YANG JC, LIU JL
  • 作者关键词:   hexagonal boron nitride, graphene, heterostructure, molecular beam epitaxy, cobalt substrate, epitaxial growth
  • 出版物名称:   NANOTECHNOLOGY
  • ISSN:   0957-4484 EI 1361-6528
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Calif Riverside
  • 被引频次:   6
  • DOI:   10.1088/1361-6528/aa9c58
  • 出版年:   2018

▎ 摘  要

We carried out a systematic study of hexagonal boron nitride/graphene (h-BN/G) heterostructure growth by introducing high incorporation of a carbon (C) source on a heated cobalt (Co) foil substrate followed by boron and nitrogen sources in a molecular beam epitaxy system. With the increase of C incorporation in Co, three distinct regions of h-BN/G heterostructures were observed from region (1) where the C saturation was not attained at the growth temperature (900 degrees C) and G was grown only by precipitation during the cooling process to form a 'G network' underneath the h-BN film; to region (2) where the Co substrate was just saturated by C atoms at the growth temperature and a part of G growth occurs isothermally to form G islands and another part by precipitation, resulting in a non-uniform h-BN/G film; and to region (3) where a continuous layered G structure was formed at the growth temperature and precipitated C atoms added additional G layers to the system, leading to a uniform h-BN/G film. It is also found that in all three h-BN/G heterostructure growth regions, a 3 h h-BN growth at 900 degrees C led to h-BN film with a thickness of 1-2 nm, regardless of the underneath G layers' thickness or morphology. Growth time and growth temperature effects have been also studied.