• 文献标题:   Equal variations of the Fermi level and work function in graphene at the nanoscale
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   SAMADDAR S, CORAUX J, MARTIN SC, GREVIN B, COURTOISA H, WINKELMANN CB
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  • 出版物名称:   NANOSCALE
  • ISSN:   2040-3364 EI 2040-3372
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Grenoble Alpes
  • 被引频次:   6
  • DOI:   10.1039/c6nr04606a
  • 出版年:   2016

▎ 摘  要

If surface effects are neglected, any change of the Fermi level in a semiconductor is expected to result in an equal and opposite change of the work function. However, this is in general not observed in three-dimensional semiconductors, because of Fermi level pinning at the surface. By combining Kelvin probe force microscopy and scanning tunneling spectroscopy on single layer graphene, we measure both the local work function and the charge carrier density. The one-to-one equivalence of changes in the Fermi level and the work function is demonstrated to accurately hold in single layer graphene down to the nanometer scale.