Two-stage metal-catalyst-free growth of high-quality polycrystalline graphene films on silicon nitride substrates.

Chen, Jianyi; Guo, Yunlong; Wen, Yugeng; Huang, Liping; Xue, Yunzhou; Geng, Dechao; Wu, Bin; Luo, Birong et al. · Adv Mater · 2013

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

By using two-stage, metal-catalyst-free chemical vapor deposition (CVD), it is demonstrated that high-quality polycrystalline graphene films can directly grow on silicon nitride substrates. The carrier mobility can reach about 1500 cm(2) V(-1) s(-1) , which is about three times the value of those grown on SiO(2) /Si substrates, and also is better than some examples of metal-catalyzed graphene, reflecting the good quality of the graphene lattice.