• 文献标题:   First principle study of the attachment of graphene onto non-doped and doped diamond (111)
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   ZHAO SN, LARSSON K
  • 作者关键词:   density functional theory, epitaxial graphene, diamond substrate, charge transfer
  • 出版物名称:   DIAMOND RELATED MATERIALS
  • ISSN:   0925-9635 EI 1879-0062
  • 通讯作者地址:   Uppsala Univ
  • 被引频次:   4
  • DOI:   10.1016/j.diamond.2016.03.017
  • 出版年:   2016

▎ 摘  要

Density function theory (DFT) calculations have in the present study been used to study the adhesion of a graphene monolayer onto a non-, B-, or N-doped diamond (111) surface. Semiempirical dispersion corrections were used to take the Van-der-Waals corrections into consideration. In case of non-doped diamond as a substrate, DFT calculations (based on the local density approximation (LDA)) have shown a strong binding between graphene and the diamond (111) surface at a shorter distance (2.47 angstrom). The binding energy was -14.5 kJ/mol per C-graphene atom. In comparison, the generalized gradient spin density approximation (GG(5)A) was found to predict a weaker (-9.6 kJ/mol) interfacial bond at a distance of 3.10 angstrom. For the situation with B-, or N-, doped diamond, the optimized shorter diamond-graphene distance was found to be 3.01 and 3.24 angstrom, respectively. The corresponding adhesion energies per C-graphene atom was -9.9 kJ/mol (B-doping) and -9.6 kJ/mol (N-doping), which are quite similar to the non-doped situation (-9.6 kJ/mol). For all situations in the present study, the graphene layer was found to remain its aromatic character. However, a minor charge transfer was observed to take place from the graphene adlayer towards the non-doped and doped diamond (111) substrates. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.