Journal
NANO LETTERS
Volume 13, Issue 10, Pages 4769-4778Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/nl4023572
Keywords
Graphene; chemical vapor deposition (CVD); polycrystalline copper (Cu); in situ X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy; in situ X-ray diffractometry; environmental scanning electron microscopy; intercalation
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- ERC [279342]
- EPSRC [EP/K016636/1]
- EU [285275]
- Cambridge Commonwealth Trust
- EPSRC
- Nano Science & Technology Doctoral Training Centre Cambridge (NanoDTC)
- [EP/H047565/1]
- EPSRC [EP/K016636/1, EP/H047565/1] Funding Source: UKRI
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council [EP/K016636/1, EP/H047565/1] Funding Source: researchfish
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Complementary in situ X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), X-ray diffractometry, and environmental scanning electron microscopy are used to fingerprint the entire graphene chemical vapor deposition process on technologically important polycrystalline Cu catalysts to address the current lack of understanding of the underlying fundamental growth mechanisms and catalyst interactions. Graphene forms directly on metallic Cu during the high-temperature hydrocarbon exposure, whereby an upshift in the binding energies of the corresponding C1s XPS core level signatures is indicative of coupling between the Cu catalyst and the growing graphene. Minor carbon uptake into Cu can under certain conditions manifest itself as carbon precipitation upon cooling. Postgrowth, ambient air exposure even at room temperature decouples the graphene from Cu by (reversible) oxygen intercalation. The importance of these dynamic interactions is discussed for graphene growth, processing, and device integration. KEYWORDS: Graphene, chemical vapor deposition (CVD), polycrystalline copper (Cu), in situ X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, in situ X-ray diffractometry, environmental scanning electron microscopy, intercalation
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