Circular Graphene Platelets with Grain Size and Orientation Gradients Grown by Chemical Vapor Deposition.

Xin, Xing; Fei, Zeyuan; Ma, Teng; Chen, Long; Chen, Mao-Lin; Xu, Chuan; Qian, Xitang; Sun, Dong-Ming et al. · Adv Mater · 2017

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

Monolayer circular graphene platelets with a grain structure gradient in the radial direction are synthesized by chemical vapor deposition on immiscible W-Cu substrates. Because of the different interactions and growth behaviors of graphene on Cu and tungsten carbide, such substrates cause the formation of grain size and orientation gradients through the competition between Cu and tungsten carbide in graphene growth.