• 文献标题:   Spinodal Decomposition of Mono- to Few-Layer Graphene on Ni Substrates at Low Temperature
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   HSU CJ, NAYAK PK, WANG SC, SUNG JC, WANG CL, WU CL, HUANG JL
  • 作者关键词:   graphene, scanning tunneling microscopy, spinodal decomposition
  • 出版物名称:   JOURNAL OF NANOSCIENCE NANOTECHNOLOGY
  • ISSN:   1533-4880 EI 1533-4899
  • 通讯作者地址:   Natl Cheng Kung Univ
  • 被引频次:   3
  • DOI:   10.1166/jnn.2012.5799
  • 出版年:   2012

▎ 摘  要

Mono to few-layer graphene were prepared on pre-annealed polycrystalline nickel substrates by chemical vapor deposition at a relatively low temperature of 800 degrees C using fast cooling rate. It was observed that the reduced solubility of Carbon in Ni at low temperature and an optimum gas mixing ratio (CH4:H-2 = 60/80 (sccm)) can be used to synthesize mano-layer graphene that covers about 100,mu m(2) area. The number of graphene layers strongly depends upon the hydrogen and methane flow rates. An increase in the methane flow is found to increase the growth density of the single-layer graphene. The number of graphene layers was identified from micro-Raman spectra. The thinnest areas containing mono-layer graphene formed at small Ni grains surrounded by large Ni Grains can be explained in terms of Spinodal decomposition. Scanning tunneling microscopy observations of the graphene samples indicate that the graphene structure exhibits no defects, and extremely symmetry hexagon carbon at flat graphene surface is observed.