Journal
CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS
Volume 26, Issue 2, Pages 907-915Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/cm4021854
Keywords
bilayer graphene; AB stacked graphene; chemical vapor deposition; Cu-Ni alloy; surface catalytic growth
Funding
- National Science Foundation [CCF-0811880]
- U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) through the Bay Area Photovoltaic Consortium (BAPVC)
- MRSEC Program of the NSF [DMR 1121053]
- Office of Naval Research through the MURI program
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Bilayer graphene has attracted wide attention due to its unique band structure and bandgap tunability under specific (Bernal or AB) stacking order. However, it remains challenging to tailor the stacking order and to simultaneously produce large-scale and high-quality bilayer graphene. This work introduces a fast and reliable method of growing high-quality Bernal stacked large-area (>3 in. X 3 in.) bilayer graphene film or trilayer graphene domains (30 pm x 30 mu m) using chemical vapor deposition (CVD) on engineered Cu-Ni alloy catalyst films. The AB stacking order is evaluated by Raman spectra, electron diffraction pattern, and dual gate field-effect-transistor (FET) measurements, and a near-perfect AB stacked bilayer graphene coverage (>98%) is obtained. The synthesized bilayer and trilayer graphene with Bernal stacking exhibit electron mobility as high as 3450 cm(2)/(V.s)and 1500 cm(2)/(V.s), respectively, indicating comparable quality with respect to exfoliated bilayer and trilayer graphene. The record high (for CVD bilayer graphene) ON to OFF current ratios (up to 15) obtained for a large number (>50) of dual-gated FETs fabricated at random across the large-area bilayer graphene film also corroborates the success of our synthesis technique. Moreover, through catalyst engineering, growth optimization, and element analysis of catalyst, it is shown that achieving surface catalytic graphene growth mode and precise control of surface carbon concentration are key factors determining the growth of high quality and large area Bernal stacked bilayer graphene on Cu-Ni alloy. This discovery can not only open up new vistas for large-scale electronic and photonic device applications of graphene but also facilitate exploration of novel heterostructures formed with emerging beyond graphene two-dimensional atomic crystals.
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