• 文献标题:   Magnesium-intercalated graphene on SiC: Highly n-doped air-stable bilayer graphene at extreme displacement fields
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   GRUBISICCABO A, KOTSAKIDIS JC, YIN YF, TADICH A, HALDON M, SOLARI S, DI BERNARDO I, DANIELS KM, RILEY J, HUWALD E, EDMONDS MT, MYERSWARD R, MEDHEKAR NV, GASKILL DK, FUHRER MS
  • 作者关键词:   graphene, extremely high displacement field, electronic structure, arpes, air exposure
  • 出版物名称:   APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE
  • ISSN:   0169-4332 EI 1873-5584
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  • 被引频次:   6
  • DOI:   10.1016/j.apsusc.2020.148612
  • 出版年:   2021

▎ 摘  要

We use angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy to investigate the electronic structure of bilayer graphene at high n-doping and extreme displacement fields, created by intercalating epitaxial monolayer graphene on silicon carbide with magnesium to form quasi-freestanding bilayer graphene on magnesium-terminated silicon carbide. Angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy reveals that upon magnesium intercalation, the single massless Dirac band of epitaxial monolayer graphene is transformed into the characteristic massive double-band Dirac spectrum of quasi-freestanding bilayer graphene. Analysis of the spectrum using a simple tight binding model indicates that magnesium intercalation results in an n-type doping of 2.1 x 10(14) cm(-2) and creates an extremely high displacement field of 2.6 V/nm, thus opening a considerable gap of 0.36 eV at the Dirac point. This is further confirmed by density-functional theory calculations for quasi-freestanding bilayer graphene on magnesium-terminated silicon carbide, which show a similar doping level, displacement field and bandgap. Finally, magnesium-intercalated samples are surprisingly robust to ambient conditions; no significant changes in the electronic structure are observed after 30 min exposure to air.