TY - JOUR
T1 - Behavior and role of superficial oxygen in Cu for the growth of large single-crystalline graphene
AU - Ding, Dong
AU - Solís-Fernández, Pablo
AU - Yunus, Rozan Mohamad
AU - Hibino, Hiroki
AU - Ago, Hiroki
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Elsevier B.V.
PY - 2017/6/30
Y1 - 2017/6/30
N2 - Decreasing the nucleation density of graphene grown on copper (Cu) foil by chemical vapor deposition (CVD) is essential for the synthesis of large-area single-crystalline graphene. Here, the behavior of the copper oxide layer and its impact on the graphene growth have been investigated. We found that a small amount of oxygen dissolves into the Cu when the oxide layer decomposes during the heating up in a non-reducing Ar environment. The remaining oxygen in the Cu foil can play an important role in decreasing the graphene nucleation density. The dissolved oxygen can withstand at high temperatures even in reducing H 2 environments without completely losing its effectiveness for maintaining a low graphene nucleation density. However, heating up in a H 2 environment significantly reduces the copper oxide layer during the very first moments of the process at low temperatures, preventing the oxygen to dissolve into the Cu and significantly increasing the nucleation density. These findings will help to improve the graphene growth on Cu catalyst by increasing the grain size while decreasing the grain density.
AB - Decreasing the nucleation density of graphene grown on copper (Cu) foil by chemical vapor deposition (CVD) is essential for the synthesis of large-area single-crystalline graphene. Here, the behavior of the copper oxide layer and its impact on the graphene growth have been investigated. We found that a small amount of oxygen dissolves into the Cu when the oxide layer decomposes during the heating up in a non-reducing Ar environment. The remaining oxygen in the Cu foil can play an important role in decreasing the graphene nucleation density. The dissolved oxygen can withstand at high temperatures even in reducing H 2 environments without completely losing its effectiveness for maintaining a low graphene nucleation density. However, heating up in a H 2 environment significantly reduces the copper oxide layer during the very first moments of the process at low temperatures, preventing the oxygen to dissolve into the Cu and significantly increasing the nucleation density. These findings will help to improve the graphene growth on Cu catalyst by increasing the grain size while decreasing the grain density.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.apsusc.2017.02.250
DO - 10.1016/j.apsusc.2017.02.250
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85014942872
VL - 408
SP - 142
EP - 149
JO - Applied Surface Science
JF - Applied Surface Science
SN - 0169-4332
ER -