• 文献标题:   A Ternary Alloy Substrate to Synthesize Monolayer Graphene with Liquid Carbon Precursor
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   GAN W, HAN NN, YANG C, WU P, LIU Q, ZHU W, CHEN SM, WU CQ, HABIB M, SANG Y, MUHAMMAD Z, ZHAO JJ, SONG L
  • 作者关键词:   graphene, chemical vapor deposition, alloy, growth mechanism, density functional theory
  • 出版物名称:   ACS NANO
  • ISSN:   1936-0851 EI 1936-086X
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Sci Technol China
  • 被引频次:   8
  • DOI:   10.1021/acsnano.6b06144
  • 出版年:   2017

▎ 摘  要

Here we demonstrate a ternary Cu2NiZn alloy substrate for controllably synthesizing monolayer graphene using a liquid carbon precursor cyclohexane via a facile CVD route. In contrast with elemental metal or bimetal substrates, the alloy-induced synergistic effects that provide an ideal metallic platform for much easier dehydrogenation of hydrocarbon molecules, more reasonable strength of adsorption energy of carbon monomer on surface and lower formation energies of carbon chains, largely renders the success growth of monolayer graphene with higher electrical mobility and lower defects. The growth mechanism is systemically investigated by our DFT calculations. This study provides a selective route for realizing high-quality graphene monolayer via a scalable synthetic method by using economic liquid carbon supplies and multialloy metal substrates.