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JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY C
Volume 115, Issue 36, Pages 17695-17703Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/jp2051454
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- Hong Kong Polytechnic University [A-PD1U, A-PH93, A-PJ50]
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of China [DUT10ZD211]
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To understand the nucleation of carbon atoms to form graphene on transition metal substrates during chemical vapor deposition (CVD) synthesis, carbon clusters supported on Ni(111) surfaces, namely C(N)@Ni(111) (where N <= 24), were explored systematically using density functional theory (DFT) calculations. Very different from the freestanding C clusters, on a Ni(111) surface, the C chain configuration is superior to the C ring formation and dominates the ground state until N > 12. A ground state structural transition from a one-dimensional C chain to a two-dimensional sp(2) network (or graphene island) occurs at N = 12. It is surprising that incorporating one to three 5-membered-rings (5MRs) or pentagons into a graphene island is required to achieve the energetically most stable structure. This deep insight into the supported C cluster formation is crucial for understanding the growth mechanism of graphene on a transition metal surfaces in CVD experiments and the experimental design of CVD graphene growth.
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