Visualization of graphene grain boundaries through oxygen intercalation
(2021) In Applied Surface Science 565.- Abstract
Efficient control over the grain boundaries (GBs) is a vital aspect in optimizing the graphene growth conditions. A number of methods for visualization of GBs were developed for graphene grown on weakly interacting surfaces. Here, we utilize oxygen intercalation to reveal GBs and study their morphology for graphene strongly bound to the cobalt surface. We demonstrate that upon the intercalation of oxygen, GBs in polycrystalline graphene become easily detectable due to graphene cracking and selective oxidation of the substrate, thus giving a direct insight into the graphene micro- and nanostructure by means of different electron microscopy methods, including scanning electron microscopy, photoemission microscopy and low-energy electron... (More)
Efficient control over the grain boundaries (GBs) is a vital aspect in optimizing the graphene growth conditions. A number of methods for visualization of GBs were developed for graphene grown on weakly interacting surfaces. Here, we utilize oxygen intercalation to reveal GBs and study their morphology for graphene strongly bound to the cobalt surface. We demonstrate that upon the intercalation of oxygen, GBs in polycrystalline graphene become easily detectable due to graphene cracking and selective oxidation of the substrate, thus giving a direct insight into the graphene micro- and nanostructure by means of different electron microscopy methods, including scanning electron microscopy, photoemission microscopy and low-energy electron microscopy.
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- Bokai, Kirill A. ; Shevelev, Viktor O. ; Marchenko, Dmitry ; Makarova, Anna A. ; Mikhailovskii, Vladimir Yu ; Zakharov, Alexei A. LU ; Vilkov, Oleg Yu ; Krivenkov, Maxim ; Vyalikh, Denis V. and Usachov, Dmitry Yu
- organization
- publishing date
- 2021-11-01
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Grain boundaries, Graphene, Oxygen, Photoemission electron microscopy, Scanning electron microscopy, X-ray photoemission spectroscopy
- in
- Applied Surface Science
- volume
- 565
- article number
- 150476
- publisher
- Elsevier
- external identifiers
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- scopus:85109438320
- ISSN
- 0169-4332
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.apsusc.2021.150476
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- 0551ea72-e6c6-4166-92df-c6b69544056d
- date added to LUP
- 2021-08-16 09:09:42
- date last changed
- 2025-04-04 14:34:20
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author = {{Bokai, Kirill A. and Shevelev, Viktor O. and Marchenko, Dmitry and Makarova, Anna A. and Mikhailovskii, Vladimir Yu and Zakharov, Alexei A. and Vilkov, Oleg Yu and Krivenkov, Maxim and Vyalikh, Denis V. and Usachov, Dmitry Yu}},
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keywords = {{Grain boundaries; Graphene; Oxygen; Photoemission electron microscopy; Scanning electron microscopy; X-ray photoemission spectroscopy}},
language = {{eng}},
month = {{11}},
publisher = {{Elsevier}},
series = {{Applied Surface Science}},
title = {{Visualization of graphene grain boundaries through oxygen intercalation}},
url = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2021.150476}},
doi = {{10.1016/j.apsusc.2021.150476}},
volume = {{565}},
year = {{2021}},
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