Joucken, Frédéric, Velasco Jr, Jairo, Ferreira, Aires orcid.org/0000-0001-6017-8669 et al. (1 more author) (2021) Direct Visualization of Native Defects in Graphite and Their Effect on the Electronic Properties of Bernal-Stacked Bilayer Graphene. Nano Letters. pp. 7100-7108. ISSN 1530-6984
Abstract
Graphite crystals used to prepare graphene-based heterostructures are generally assumed to be defect free. We report here scanning tunneling microscopy results that show graphite commonly used to prepare graphene devices can contain a significant amount of native defects. Extensive scanning of the surface allows us to determine the concentration of native defects to be 6.6 × 108 cm–2. We further study the effects of these native defects on the electronic properties of Bernal-stacked bilayer graphene. We observe gate-dependent intravalley scattering and successfully compare our experimental results to T-matrix-based calculations, revealing a clear carrier density dependence in the distribution of the scattering vectors. We also present a technique for evaluating the spatial distribution of short-scale scattering. Finally, we present a theoretical analysis based on the Boltzmann transport equation that predicts that the dilute native defects identified in our study are an important extrinsic source of scattering, ultimately setting the charge carrier mobility at low temperatures.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2021 American Chemical Society. This is an author-produced version of the published paper. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher’s self-archiving policy. Further copying may not be permitted; contact the publisher for details |
Keywords: | graphene,defects,electronic properties,charge transport |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Sciences (York) > Physics (York) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number THE ROYAL SOCIETY URF\R\191021 |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 09 Sep 2021 12:00 |
Last Modified: | 16 Oct 2024 17:51 |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:178041 |