• 文献标题:   Synthesis of sub-millimeter Bi-/multi-layer graphene by designing a sandwiched structure using copper foils
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   ZHAO ZJ, JIA KP, SHAW JC, ZHU ZW, WAN W, ZHAN LJ, LI MP, WANG HS, CHEN XP, LI ZC, CHEN SS, ZHOU YH, KANER RB, CAI WW
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  • 出版物名称:   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS
  • ISSN:   0003-6951 EI 1077-3118
  • 通讯作者地址:   Xiamen Univ
  • 被引频次:   0
  • DOI:   10.1063/1.4963351
  • 出版年:   2016

▎ 摘  要

Bernal-stacked (AB-stacked) bilayer graphene has been receiving significant attention because it has a tunable band-gap under an applied vertical electric field. Herein, we designed a sandwiched structure simply by embedding one piece of Cu sheet into a Cu pocket to establish an environment that suppresses Cu evaporation and ensures that both surfaces of Cu sheet are smooth to grow large-size bilayer graphene (BLG) and multilayer graphene (MLG). Single-diffusion and double-diffusion mechanisms help explain graphene growth on both the Cu pocket and the Cu sheet, respectively. On the basis of the double-diffusion mechanism, we prepared AB-stacked sub-millimeter BLG and MLG with diameters up to 603 mu m and 793 mu m, respectively. Our work regarding the improvement of the quality and single-crystal size of graphene domains helps broaden the potential applications in materials chemistry and microelectronic devices. Published by AIP Publishing.