Effects of two kinds of intercalated In films on quasi-free-standing monolayer graphene formed above SiC(0001)

Autor: Jae M. Seo, Nyamaa Tsogtbaatar, Altaibaatar Lkhagvasuren, Bolortsetseg Tuvdendorj, Hidong Kim
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Carbon. 159:229-235
ISSN: 0008-6223
Popis: The effects of In atoms intercalated between the n-type 6H–SiC(0001) substrate and the ( 6 3 × 6 3 ) R 30 ∘ zero layer (ZL) on the interface morphology, chemical composition and electron band structure were investigated by scanning tunneling microscopy (STM), low-energy electron diffraction (LEED), core-level/valence-band photoemission spectroscopy (PES) and angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES). As a result of In intercalation, two kinds of ordered In films depending on the thickness of In as well as the annealing temperature were formed under quasi-free-standing monolayer graphene (QFMLG) transformed from ZL. One is a bilayer film, which is stable under 800 °C. The other is a monolayer film composed of In adatoms of a ( 3 × 3 ) R 30 ∘ structure, which survives over 800 °C. The latter induces electron doping of the QFMLG stronger than the former. In addition, the QFMLG on the ( 3 × 3 ) R 30 ∘ film becomes more n-doped under higher annealing temperature, which is due to a vacancy increment of the In film.
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