• 文献标题:   Schottky barrier inhomogeneities at the interface of few layer epitaxial graphene and silicon carbide
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   SHIVARAMAN S, HERMAN LH, RANA F, PARK J, SPENCER MG
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  • 出版物名称:   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS
  • ISSN:   0003-6951
  • 通讯作者地址:   Cornell Univ
  • 被引频次:   64
  • DOI:   10.1063/1.4711769
  • 出版年:   2012

▎ 摘  要

In this work, we study electron transport across the heterojunction interface of epitaxial few-layer graphene grown on silicon carbide and the underlying substrate. The observed Schottky barrier is characterized using current-voltage, capacitance-voltage and photocurrent spectroscopy techniques. It is found that the graphene/SiC heterojunction cannot be characterized by a single unique barrier height because of lateral barrier inhomogeneities. A Gaussian distribution of barrier heights with a mean barrier height phi(Bm) - 1.06 eV and standard deviation sigma - 137 +/- 11 meV explains the experimental data quite well. (C) 2012 American Institute of Physics. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4711769]