Monitoring the doping of graphene on SiO 2 /Si substrates during the thermal annealing process

Various doping levels of graphene on SiO 2 /Si substrates are reported in the literature. We show by in situ Raman spectroscopy that the heating of chemical vapor deposited graphene on SiO 2 /Si during the transfer process is the main factor causing this unintended doping of graphene samples. Large...

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Published in:RSC advances 2016, Vol.6 (76), p.72859-72864
Main Authors: Costa, S. D., Weis, J. Ek, Frank, O., Fridrichová, M., Kalbac, M.
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Language:English
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Summary:Various doping levels of graphene on SiO 2 /Si substrates are reported in the literature. We show by in situ Raman spectroscopy that the heating of chemical vapor deposited graphene on SiO 2 /Si during the transfer process is the main factor causing this unintended doping of graphene samples. Large areas of graphene were analyzed using Raman spectroscopy, before and after the thermal treatment, to demonstrate that the effects of heating are spread throughout the graphene layer. The perturbations caused by the exposure of supported graphene during the first heating cycle (in vacuum) are irreversible, even though the samples were later in contact with the atmosphere. These results clarify deviations found in the Raman data obtained for transferred chemical vapor deposited graphene by different authors.
ISSN:2046-2069
2046-2069
DOI:10.1039/C6RA10764H