• 文献标题:   Controlled Electrochemical Intercalation of Graphene/h-BN van der Waals Heterostructures
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   ZHAO SYF, ELBAZ GA, BEDIAKO DK, YU C, EFETOV DK, GUO YS, RAVICHANDRAN J, MIN KA, HONG S, TANIGUCHI T, WATANABE K, BRUS LE, ROY X, KIM P
  • 作者关键词:   nanoscale electrochemistry, graphite intercalation, graphene, van der waals heterostructure, hostguest
  • 出版物名称:   NANO LETTERS
  • ISSN:   1530-6984 EI 1530-6992
  • 通讯作者地址:   Harvard Univ
  • 被引频次:   11
  • DOI:   10.1021/acs.nanolett.7b04396
  • 出版年:   2018

▎ 摘  要

Electrochemical intercalation is a powerful method for tuning the electronic properties of layered solids. In this work, we report an electrochemical strategy to controllably intercalate lithium ions into a series of van der Waals (vdW) heterostructures built by sandwiching graphene between hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN). We demonstrate that encapsulating graphene with h-BN eliminates parasitic surface side reactions while simultaneously creating a new heterointerface that permits intercalation between the atomically thin layers. To monitor the electrochemical process, we employ the Hall effect to precisely monitor the intercalation reaction. We also simultaneously probe the spectroscopic and electrical transport properties of the resulting intercalation compounds at different stages of intercalation. We achieve the highest carrier density >5 X 10(13) cm(2) with mobility >10(3) cm(2)/(V s) in the most heavily intercalated samples, where Shubnikov de Haas quantum oscillations are observed at low temperatures. These results set the stage for further studies that employ intercalation in modifying properties of vdW heterostructures.