期刊
SURFACE SCIENCE
卷 634, 期 -, 页码 81-88出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.susc.2014.11.020
关键词
Graphene; GaN; AlN; Nucleation; Metalorganic chemical vapor deposition; Epitaxy
资金
- Asahi Glass Co., Ltd, Japan
- National Science Foundation [DMR-1006763]
- Division Of Materials Research
- Direct For Mathematical & Physical Scien [1006763] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
The use of graphene as a template layer for the heteroepitaxy of III-nitrides (GaN and AlN) has gained interest due to the hexagonal arrangement of the sp(2) hybridized carbon atoms being similar to the (0001) c-plane of wurtzite GaN. In this study, the nucleation of GaN and AlN by metalorganic chemical vapor deposition on quasi-free standing epitaxial graphene (EG) was investigated. We observed that the nucleation of AlN and GaN was preferential along the periodic (1 (1) over bar 0n) EG coated step edges and at defects sites on the (0001) terraces due to the enhanced chemical reactivity at those regions. The density of nuclei on the (0001) terraces of EG increased with the incorporation of nitrogen defects into the graphene lattice via NH3 exposure as was evident from surface chemical analysis by XPS. Raman spectral mapping showed that GaN selectively nucleates on regions of few-layered EG as opposed to regions of multi-layered EG. HR-TEM also revealed that the EG underlayers were highly defective in the region of GaN nucleation, however, the GaN nuclei were single crystalline, c-axis oriented and were free of threading dislocations. In contrast, polycrystalline islands of AlN were found to nucleate on EG without producing disorder in the underlying EG. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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