Effect of surface morphology on the electron mobility of epitaxial graphene grown on 0° and 8° Si-terminated 4H-SiC substrates

doi:10.1088/1674-1056/21/9/097304

Abstract Graphene with different surface morphologies were fabricated on 8°-off-axis and on-axis 4H-SiC(0001) substrates by high-temperature thermal decomposition. Graphene grown on Si-terminated 8°-off-axis 4H-SiC(0001) shows lower Hall mobility than the counterpart of on-axis SiC substrates. The terrace width is not responsible for different electron mobility of graphene grown on different substrates, as the terrace width is much larger than the mean free path of the electrons. The electron mobility of graphene remains unchanged with increasing terrace width on Si-terminated on-axis SiC. The interface scattering and short-range scattering are the main factors affecting the mobility of epitaxial graphene. After the optimization of the growth process, the Hall mobility of the graphene reaches 1770 cm²/V · s at a carrier density of 9.8.× 10¹² cm^-2. Wafer-size graphene was successfully achieved with an excellent double-layer thickness uniformity of 89.7% on a 3-inch SiC substrate.

Keywords: graphene morphology Hall mobility 3-inch SiC substrate

Received: 30 January 2012
Revised: 19 March 2012
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PACS:	73.63.-b	(Electronic transport in nanoscale materials and structures)
	72.80.Vp	(Electronic transport in graphene)

Corresponding Authors: Feng Zhi-Hong
E-mail: blueledviet@yahoo.com.cn

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Li Jia (李佳), Wang Li (王丽), Feng Zhi-Hong (冯志红), Yu Cui (蔚翠), Liu Qing-Bin (刘庆彬), Dun Shao-Bo (敦少博), Cai Shu-Jun (蔡树军) Effect of surface morphology on the electron mobility of epitaxial graphene grown on 0° and 8° Si-terminated 4H-SiC substrates 2012 Chin. Phys. B 21 097304

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