Ultrafast growth of single-crystal graphene assisted by a continuous oxygen supply

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 930-935

  Xu, Xiaozhi ^a   Zhang, Zhihong ^a   Qiu, Lu ^b   Zhuang, Jianing ^b   Zhang, Liang ^a   Wang, Huan ^c   Liao, Chongnan ^d   Song, Huading ^a   Qiao, Ruixi ^a   Gao, Peng ^a,e   Hu, Zonghai ^a   Liao, Lei ^d   Liao, Zhimin ^a,e   Yu, Dapeng ^a,e,f   Wang, Enge ^a,e   Ding, Feng ^b   Peng, Hailin ^a,c,g   Liu, Kaihui ^a,c,e  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e The Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter   (China)

^f SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^g Beijing Science and Engineering Centre for Nanocarbons   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; COPPER COMPOUNDS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; GRAPHENE; OXYGEN SUPPLY; SINGLE CRYSTALS; SUBSTRATES;

CARBON FEEDSTOCK; CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION; COPPER CATALYST; COPPER SURFACE; GRAPHENE FILMS; HIGH GROWTH RATE; OXIDE SUBSTRATES; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES;

GROWTH RATE;

CARBON; COPPER; GRAPHENE; OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; AUGER ELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; CARBON SOURCE; CATALYST; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL; DECOMPOSITION; DISSOCIATION; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; LOW ENERGY ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; OXYGEN SUPPLY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SELECTED AREA ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 84981266435     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2016.132     Document Type: Article

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