Study on Graphene Thin Films Grown on Single Crystal Sapphire Substrates Without a Catalytic Metal Using Pulsed Laser Deposition

Na, Byoung Jin; Kim, Tae Hwa; Lee, Cheon; Lee, Seok-Hyun

doi:10.4313/teem.2015.16.2.70

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“…This method is suitable for adjusting the size of graphene grains. Early experiments examined the effects of laser energy, substrate temperature, ablation time, and cooling rate [ 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 ]. However, research on the control of graphene crystal grains by PLD is still deficient.…”

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Tailoring the Grain Size of Bi-Layer Graphene by Pulsed Laser Deposition

Wang

et al. 2018

Nanomaterials

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Improving the thermoelectric efficiency of a material requires a suitable ratio between electrical and thermal conductivity. Nanostructured graphene provides a possible route to improving thermoelectric efficiency. Bi-layer graphene was successfully prepared using pulsed laser deposition in this study. The size of graphene grains was controlled by adjusting the number of pulses. Raman spectra indicated that the graphene was bi-layer. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) images clearly show that graphene changes from nanostructured to continuous films when more pulses are used during fabrication. Those results indicate that the size of the grains can be controlled between 39 and 182 nm. A detailed analysis of X-ray photoelectron spectra reveals that the sp2 hybrid state is the main chemical state in carbon. The mobility is significantly affected by the grain size in graphene, and there exists a relatively stable region between 500 and 800 pulses. The observed phenomena originate from competition between decreasing resistance and increasing carrier concentration. These studies should be valuable for regulating grains sizes for thermoelectric applications of graphene.

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