• 文献标题:   Effect of surface morphology on the electron mobility of epitaxial graphene grown on 0 degrees and 8 degrees Si-terminated 4H-SiC substrates
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   LI J, WANG L, FENG ZH, YU C, LIU QB, DUN SB, CAI SJ
  • 作者关键词:   graphene, morphology, hall mobility, 3inch sic substrate
  • 出版物名称:   CHINESE PHYSICS B
  • ISSN:   1674-1056 EI 1741-4199
  • 通讯作者地址:   Hebei Semicond Res Inst
  • 被引频次:   4
  • DOI:   10.1088/1674-1056/21/9/097304
  • 出版年:   2012

▎ 摘  要

Graphene with different surface morphologies were fabricated on 8 degrees-off-axis and on-axis 4H-SiC(0001) substrates by high-temperature thermal decompositions. Graphene grown on Si-terminated 8 degrees-off-axis 4H-SiC(0001) shows lower Hall mobility than the counterpart of on-axis SiC substrates. The terrace width is not responsible for the different electron mobility of graphene grown on different substrates, as the terrace width is much larger than the mean free path of the electrons. The electron mobility of graphene remains unchanged with an increasing terrace width on Si-terminated on-axis SiC. Interface scattering and short-range scattering are the main factors affecting the mobility of epitaxial graphene. After the optimization of the growth process, the Hall mobility of the graphene reaches 1770 cm(2)/V.s at a carrier density of 9.8.x10(12) cm(-2). Wafer-size graphene was successfully achieved with an excellent double-layer thickness uniformity of 89.7% on a 3-inch SiC substrate.