Tuning the Electrical Properties of Graphene via Nitrogen Plasma-Assisted Chemical Modification

J Nanosci Nanotechnol. 2016 Mar;16(3):2756-9. doi: 10.1166/jnn.2016.11058.

Abstract

The control in electrical properties of graphene is essentially required in order to realize graphenebased nanoelectronics. In this study, N-doped graphene was successfully obtained via nitrogen plasma treatment. Graphene was synthesized on copper foil using thermal chemical vapor deposition. After N2 plasma treatment, the G-band of the graphene was blueshifted and the intensity ratio of 2D- to G-bands decreased with increasing the plasma power. Pyrrolic-N bonding configuration induced by N2 plasma treatment was studied by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. Remarkably, electrical characterization including Hall measurement and I-V characteristics of the N-doped graphene exhibit semiconducting behavior as well as the n-type doping effect.

MeSH terms

  • Graphite / chemistry*
  • Nitrogen / chemistry*
  • Photoelectron Spectroscopy
  • Plasma Gases*

Substances

  • Plasma Gases
  • Graphite
  • Nitrogen