• 文献标题:   Ad-layers enhance graphene's performance
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   CHEN TW, HSIEH YP, HOFMANN M
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  • 出版物名称:   RSC Advances
  • ISSN:   2046-2069
  • 通讯作者地址:   Natl Chung Cheng Univ
  • 被引频次:   1
  • DOI:   10.1039/c5ra18984e
  • 出版年:   2015

▎ 摘  要

Graphene, a monoatomic sheet of graphite, could find application as a transparent conducting film (TCF) in solar cells and electronic devices. Currently available graphene, however, does not meet industry requirements in conductivity for these uses. We here demonstrate that ad-layers, discontinuous graphene islands on top of a complete graphene layer, can significantly enhance graphene's TCF-performance. Two routes were employed to produce controllable densities of ad-layers. Electropolishing pretreatment of the catalyst was found to affect the ad-layer nucleation. Alternatively, variation of the growth parameters was employed to influence the density of ad-layer dimensions. By analyzing the coverage-dependent carrier transport, we identified a continuous enhancement even by small ad-layers. This surprising behavior was quantitatively explained by a high conductivity parallel current path through the ad-layers. The resulting ad-layer-covered graphene exhibits a high and tunable performance as a transparent conductor.