• 文献标题:   The Fabrication of Large-Area, Uniform Graphene Nanomeshes for High-Speed, Room-Temperature Direct Terahertz Detection
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   YUAN WQ, LI M, WEN ZQ, SUN YL, RUAN DS, ZHANG ZH, CHEN G, GAO Y
  • 作者关键词:   graphene nanomesh, electron beam lithography, terahertz detection
  • 出版物名称:   NANOSCALE RESEARCH LETTERS
  • ISSN:   1556-276X
  • 通讯作者地址:   Chongqing Univ
  • 被引频次:   3
  • DOI:   10.1186/s11671-018-2602-6
  • 出版年:   2018

▎ 摘  要

In recent years, graphene nanomesh (GNM), a material with high flexibility and tunable electronic properties, has attracted considerable attention from researchers due to its wide applications in the fields of nanoscience and nanotechnology. Herein, we have processed large-area, uniform arrays of rectangular graphene nanomesh (r-GNM) and circular graphene nanomesh (c-GNM) with different neck widths by electron beam lithography (EBL). The electronic properties of those high-quality GNM samples have been characterized systematically. Electrical measurements illustrated that top-gated field effect transistors with different neck widths of the GNM possessed different I-on/I-off ratios. In particular, the devices based on r-GNM with a neck width of 30 nm were found to possess the largest I-on/I-off off ratio of similar to 100, and the band gap of the r-GNM was estimated to be 0.23 eV, which, to the best of authors knowledge, is the highest value for graphene ribbons or a GNM with a neck width under 30 nm. Furthermore, the terahertz response of large-area r-GNM devices based on the photoconductive effect was estimated to be 10 mA/W at room temperature. We also explored the practical application of terahertz imaging, showing that the devices can be used in a feasible setting with a response time < 20 ms; this enables accurate and fast imaging of macroscopic samples.