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Highly n-doped graphene generated through intercalated terbium atoms
, M Nair N, S Hajjar-Garreau, F Vonau, D Aubel, J Bubendorff L, ...
Published in American Physical Society
2018
Volume: 97
   
Issue: 3
Abstract
We obtained highly n-type doped graphene by intercalating terbium atoms between graphene and SiC(0001) through appropriate annealing in ultrahigh vacuum. After terbium intercalation angle-resolved-photoelectron spectroscopy (ARPES) showed a drastic change in the band structure around the K points of the Brillouin zone: the well-known conical dispersion band of a graphene monolayer was superposed by a second conical dispersion band of a graphene monolayer with an electron density reaching 1015cm-2. In addition, we demonstrate that atom intercalation proceeds either below the buffer layer or between the buffer layer and the monolayer graphene. The intercalation of terbium below a pure buffer layer led to the formation of a highly n-doped graphene monolayer decoupled from the SiC substrate, as evidenced by ARPES and x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy measurements. The band structure of this highly n-doped monolayer graphene showed a kink (a deviation from the linear dispersion of the Dirac cone), which has been associated with an electron-phonon coupling constant one order of magnitude larger than those usually obtained for graphene with intercalated alkali metals. © 2018 American Physical Society.
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JournalData powered by TypesetPhysical Review B
PublisherData powered by TypesetAmerican Physical Society
ISSN24699950
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