• 文献标题:   Effects of aluminum on epitaxial graphene grown on C-face SiC
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   XIA C, JOHANSSON LI, NIU YR, HULTMAN L, VIROJANADARA C
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  • 出版物名称:   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS
  • ISSN:   0021-8979 EI 1089-7550
  • 通讯作者地址:   Linkoping Univ
  • 被引频次:   1
  • DOI:   10.1063/1.4921462
  • 出版年:   2015

▎ 摘  要

The effects of Al layers deposited on graphene grown on C-face SiC substrates are investigated before and after subsequent annealing using low energy electron diffraction (LEED), photoelectron spectroscopy, and angle resolved photoemission. As-deposited layers appear inert. Annealing at a temperature of about 400 degrees C initiates migration of Al through the graphene into the graphene/SiC interface. Further annealing at temperatures from 500 degrees C to 700 degrees C induces formation of an ordered compound, producing a two domain root 7 x root 7R19 degrees LEED pattern and significant changes in the core level spectra that suggest formation of an Al-Si-C compound. Decomposition of this compound starts after annealing at 800 degrees C, and at 1000 degrees C, Al is no longer possible to detect at the surface. On Si-face graphene, deposited Al layers did not form such an Al-Si-C compound, and Al was still detectable after annealing above 1000 degrees C. (C) 2015 Author(s).