Title :

Oxidation-assisted graphene heteroepitaxy on copper foil

Author(s) :

Reckinger, Nicolas [Auteur correspondant]
Université de Namur [Namur] [UNamur]
Tang, Xiaohui [Auteur]
Université Catholique de Louvain = Catholic University of Louvain [UCL]
Joucken, Frederic [Auteur]
Université de Namur [Namur] [UNamur]
Lajaunie, Luc [Auteur]
Laboratorio de microscopias avanzadas [LMA]
Arenal, Raul [Auteur]
Laboratorio de microscopias avanzadas [LMA]
Dubois, Emmanuel [Auteur]
Microélectronique Silicium - IEMN [MICROELEC SI - IEMN]
Hackens, Benoit [Auteur]
Université Catholique de Louvain = Catholic University of Louvain [UCL]
Henrarda, Luc [Auteur]
Université de Namur [Namur] [UNamur]
Colomer, Jean-Francois [Auteur]
Université de Namur [Namur] [UNamur]

Journal title :

Nanoscale

Pages :

18751-18759

Publisher :

Royal Society of Chemistry

Publication date :

2016-10-18

ISSN :

2040-3364

HAL domain(s) :

Sciences de l'ingénieur [physics]

English abstract : [en]

We propose an innovative, easy-to-implement approach to synthesize aligned large-area single-crystalline graphene flakes by chemical vapor deposition on copper foil. This method doubly takes advantage of residual oxygen ...
Show more >We propose an innovative, easy-to-implement approach to synthesize aligned large-area single-crystalline graphene flakes by chemical vapor deposition on copper foil. This method doubly takes advantage of residual oxygen present in the gas phase. First, by slightly oxidizing the copper surface, we induce grain boundary pinning in copper and, in consequence, the freezing of the thermal recrystallization process. Subsequent reduction of copper under hydrogen suddenly unlocks the delayed reconstruction, favoring the growth of centimeter-sized copper (111) grains through the mechanism of abnormal grain growth. Second, the oxidation of the copper surface also drastically reduces the nucleation density of graphene. This oxidation/reduction sequence leads to the synthesis of aligned millimeter-sized monolayer graphene domains in epitaxial registry with copper (111). The as-grown graphene flakes are demonstrated to be both single-crystalline and of high quality.Show less >

Language :

Anglais

Popular science :

Non

Collections :

• Institut d'Électronique, de Microélectronique et de Nanotechnologie (IEMN) - UMR 8520

Source :

Harvested from HAL