Simultaneous etching and transfer . Free multilayer graphene sheets derived from C60 thin films

Chairul Hudaya; Minjeh Ahn; Si Hyoung Oh; Bup Ju Jeon; Yung-Eun Sung; Joong Kee Lee

Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, Vol.64, 70-75, August, 2018

DOI10.1016/j.jiec.2018.01.037 Export Citation

Simultaneous etching and transfer . Free multilayer graphene sheets derived from C60 thin films

Chairul Hudaya¹, Minjeh Ahn², Si Hyoung Oh^{2, 3}, Bup Ju Jeon⁴, Yung-Eun Sung^{5, 6, †}, and Joong Kee Lee^{2, 3, †}

¹Department of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Indonesia, Kampus Baru UI, Depok 16424, Indonesia
²Center for Energy Convergence, Green City Technology Institute, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul 02792, Republic of Korea
³Department of Energy and Environmental Engineering, Korea University of Science and Technology, Daejeon 34113, Republic of Korea
⁴Department of Energy and Environmental Engineering, Shinhan University, Dongducheon 11340, Republic of Korea
⁵Center for Nanoparticle Research, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
⁶School of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea

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Despite the advantage of chemical vapor deposition (CVD) for realization of large area epitaxial growth of graphene on transition metal catalysts, both etching and transfer process of CVD-grown graphene sheets still remain a big challenge. Here we demonstrate the formation of multilayer graphene (MLG) sheets tailored from C60 thin films on the top of Si/Ni substrate without etching and transfer steps based on Ni films. This self-assembled process separates the MLG sheets from the conductive Ni catalyst, embarking a possibility for direct characterizations of MLG sheets. The fine-tuned C60 films (30 nm) are transformed into approximately 17 MLG sheets, thus making it large-area MLG sheets for a variety of direct applications.

Keywords:Graphene;C60;Thin;film;Multilayer;Thermal evaporation

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