Integrated wafer-scale ultra-flat graphene by gradient surface energy modulation

Nature Communications - Tập 13 Số 1
Xin Gao1, Liming Zheng1, Fang Luo2, Jun Qian1, Jingyue Wang1, Mingzhi Yan3, Wendong Wang4, Qinci Wu1, Junchuan Tang1, Yisen Cao3, Congwei Tan1, Jilin Tang1, Mengjian Zhu2, Yani Wang1, Yanglizhi Li1, Luzhao Sun3, Guanghui Gao3, Jianbo Yin3, Li Lin3, Zhongfan Liu3, Shiqiao Qin2, Hailin Peng3
1Center for Nanochemistry, Beijing Science and Engineering Center for Nanocarbons, Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, P.R. China
2College of Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies & Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Novel Nano-Optoelectronic Information Materials and Devices, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, Hunan, 410073, China
3Beijing Graphene Institute, Beijing, 100095, P. R. China
4School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, UK

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Abstract

The integration of large-scale two-dimensional (2D) materials onto semiconductor wafers is highly desirable for advanced electronic devices, but challenges such as transfer-related crack, contamination, wrinkle and doping remain. Here, we developed a generic method by gradient surface energy modulation, leading to a reliable adhesion and release of graphene onto target wafers. The as-obtained wafer-scale graphene exhibited a damage-free, clean, and ultra-flat surface with negligible doping, resulting in uniform sheet resistance with only ~6% deviation. The as-transferred graphene on SiO2/Si exhibited high carrier mobility reaching up ~10,000 cm2 V−1 s−1, with quantum Hall effect (QHE) observed at room temperature. Fractional quantum Hall effect (FQHE) appeared at 1.7 K after encapsulation by h-BN, yielding ultra-high mobility of ~280,000 cm2 V−1 s−1. Integrated wafer-scale graphene thermal emitters exhibited significant broadband emission in near-infrared (NIR) spectrum. Overall, the proposed methodology is promising for future integration of wafer-scale 2D materials in advanced electronics and optoelectronics.

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