• 文献标题:   Metal-Graphene-Metal Sandwich Contacts for Enhanced Interface Bonding and Work Function Control
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   GONG C, HINOJOS D, WANG WC, NIJEM N, SHAN B, WALLACE RM, CHO KJ, CHABAL YJ
  • 作者关键词:   metalgraphene contact, interface interaction strength, electrode, doping, raman spectroscopy, density functional theory
  • 出版物名称:   ACS NANO
  • ISSN:   1936-0851
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Texas Dallas
  • 被引频次:   81
  • DOI:   10.1021/nn301241p
  • 出版年:   2012

▎ 摘  要

Only a small fraction of all available metals has been used as electrode materials for carbon-based devices due to metal-graphene interface debonding problems. We report an enhancement of the bonding energy of weakly interacting metals by using a metal-graphene-metal sandwich geometry, without sacrificing the intrinsic pi-electron dispersions of graphene that is usually undermined by strong metal-graphene interface hybridization. This sandwich structure further makes it possible to effectively tune the doping of graphene with an appropriate selection of metals. Density functional theory calculations reveal that the strengthening of the interface interaction is ascribed to an enhancement of interface dipole-dipole interactions. Raman scattering studies of metal-graphene-copper sandwiches are used to validate the theoretically predicted tuning of graphene doping through sandwich structures.