• 文献标题:   Driving with temperature the synthesis of graphene on Ge(110)
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   PERSICHETTI L, DE SETA M, SCAPARRO AM, MISEIKIS V, NOTARGIACOMO A, RUOCCO A, SGARLATA A, FANFONI M, FABBRI F, COLETTI C, DI GASPARE L
  • 作者关键词:   graphene, germanium, catalysi, chemical vapor deposition, scanning tunneling microscopy
  • 出版物名称:   APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE
  • ISSN:   0169-4332 EI 1873-5584
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Roma Tre
  • 被引频次:   7
  • DOI:   10.1016/j.apsusc.2019.143923
  • 出版年:   2020

▎ 摘  要

We systematically investigate the chemical vapor deposition growth of graphene on Ge(110) as a function of the deposition temperature close to the Ge melting point. By merging spectroscopic and morphological information, we find that the quality of graphene films depends critically on the growth temperature improving significantly by increasing this temperature in the 910-930 degrees C range. We correlate the abrupt improvement of the graphene quality to the formation of a quasi-liquid Ge surface occurring in the same temperature range, which determines increased atom diffusivity and sublimation rate. Being observed for diverse Ge orientations, this process is of general relevance for graphene synthesis on Ge.