Fast growth of large single-crystalline graphene assisted by sequential double oxygen passivation

Carbon

Volumn 116, Issue , 2017, Pages 133-138

  Chen, Jiewei ^a   Cui, Mengqi ^a   Wu, Gaoxiang ^a   Wang, Tianyue ^a   Mbengue, Joseph Michel ^a   Li, Yingfeng ^a   Li, Meicheng ^a,b  

^a NORTH CHINA ELECTRIC POWER UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Chongqing Materials Research Institute   (China)

Author keywords

Fast growth of larger single crystal graphene; Oxygen induced weak carbon adsorption energy; Sequential double oxygen passivation

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; OXYGEN; PASSIVATION; SINGLE CRYSTALS;

ADSORPTION ENERGIES; CALCULATION RESULTS; CARBON ADSORPTION; ELECTRONIC APPLICATION; FAST GROWTHS; NUCLEATION AND GROWTH; OXYGEN PASSIVATION; SINGLE-CRYSTALLINE;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 85011604852     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2017.01.108     Document Type: Article

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