What are the active carbon species during graphene chemical vapor deposition growth?

• Published in: Nanoscale Vol. 7; no. 5; pp. 1627 - 1634
• Main Authors: Shu, Haibo, Tao, Xiao-Ming, Ding, Feng
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England 01.01.2015
• Subjects: Activated carbon; Carbon; Chemical vapor deposition; Copper; Graphene; Monomers; Precursors; Surface chemistry

The dissociation of carbon feedstock is a crucial step for understanding the mechanism of graphene chemical vapor deposition (CVD) growth. Using first-principles calculations, we performed a comprehensive theoretical study for the population of various active carbon species, including carbon monomer...