• 文献标题:   Color Contrast of Single-Layer Graphene under White Light Illumination Induced by Broadband Photon Management
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   YU XB, FU SD, SONG Y, WANG HZ, WANG XX, KONG J, LIU JF
  • 作者关键词:   photon management, singlelayer graphene, color contrast, snox nanoneedle, transparent conducting oxide tco, 2d photonic
  • 出版物名称:   ACS APPLIED MATERIALS INTERFACES
  • ISSN:   1944-8244 EI 1944-8252
  • 通讯作者地址:   MIT
  • 被引频次:   0
  • DOI:   10.1021/acsami.9b16149
  • 出版年:   2020

▎ 摘  要

Visualizing and manipulating the optical contrast of single-layer graphene (SLG) and other 2D materials has continuously been an interesting topic to understand fundamental light-matter interaction down to atomic thickness. Because the optical properties of SLG can be tuned by gating, demonstrating and manipulating the color contrast of SLG also has significant potential applications in ultrathin flexible color display. However, previous demonstrations of optical contrast of SLG are mostly limited to reflection intensity contrast under monochromatic illumination using the interference effect. The reported spectral contrast in SLG has mostly been narrow-band or at resonant wavelengths, and it required precise thickness control and/or nanolithography that are hardly scalable to large enough area for display applications. In this paper, we demonstrate novel color contrast optical visibility of SLG under white light using broadband photon management induced by nanoneedle-structured SnO, (x 10% at lambda = 560-990 nm (from yellow to near infrared spectral regimes), leading to a clear color contrast to the surrounding region without SLG. The self-assembly approach, rather than sophisticated and costly nanolithography, allows scalable fabrication of large area 2D photonic devices with a broadband and highly efficient photon management effect. Therefore, this approach can be further extended to color-tunable TCO/dielectric/SLG 2D photonic devices by adjusting the free carrier concentrations/Fermi levels in the TCO and SLG layers via gating-a stepping stone toward ultrathin flexible color display technologies utilizing 2D materials and nanostructured thin films.