Abstract

Graphene is a two-dimensional wonder material, used for electronic and medical applications. To date, various synthesis method of graphene layers is proposed, such as: SiC epitaxial growth, Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD) and mechanical exfoliation. Graphene single layer can be rapidly produced by CVD. Although the transfer process on different substrates has been researched, a post-processing step after graphene growth for understanding influence of radical of carbon unreacted in graphene properties has not been studied. Deposition of graphene on metal transition substrate involves many reactions, and is not clear what happens with the unreacted methane. The scanning electron microscopy is the best method to visualize this unreacted species as a thin film which covers the graphene layer. The post-processing of graphene after CVD is a crucial step for the performance of graphene-based devices. The graphene film is characterized morphologically and structurally before and after the post-processing step, with the scope of removing the unreacted film and investigating the influence of this step on the graphene properties. To identify the specific vibration of graphene layer before and after post-processing step, Raman spectroscopy has been used. Here, we investigate the quality of CVD graphene before and after removing unreacted hydrocarbon, to better understand the importance of post-processing process for device applications, before the graphene transfer.

Details

Title
Graphene Post-Processing
Author
Tincu, B 1 ; Avram, A 2 ; Tucureanu, V 3 ; Matei, A 2 ; Marculescu, C 2 ; Burinaru, T 4 ; Comanescu, F 2 ; Popescu, M 2 ; Avram, M 2 

 National Institute for Research and Development in Microtehnologies (IMT-Bucharest), Bucharest, Romania; University Politehnica of Bucharest, Faculty of Applied Chemistry and Materials Science, Bucharest, Romania 
 National Institute for Research and Development in Microtehnologies (IMT-Bucharest), Bucharest, Romania 
 National Institute for Research and Development in Microtehnologies (IMT-Bucharest), Bucharest, Romania; Transilvania University of Brasov, Department of Materials Science, Brasov, Romania 
 National Institute for Research and Development in Microtehnologies (IMT-Bucharest), Bucharest, Romania; University Of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Bucharest, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Anatomic Pathology Department, Bucharest, Romania 
Publication year
2019
Publication date
Mar 2019
Publisher
IOP Publishing
ISSN
17578981
e-ISSN
1757899X
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2560875461
Copyright
© 2019. This work is published under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.