Why graphene growth is very different on the C face than on the Si face of SiC: Insights from surface equilibria and the (3 × 3) - 3C - SiC(-1-1-1) reconstruction

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A1 Alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä

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Physical Review B, Volume 91, issue 16, pp. 1-5

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We address the stability of the surface phases that occur on the C side of 3C−SiC(1¯1¯1¯) at the onset of graphene formation. In this growth range, experimental reports reveal a coexistence of several surface phases. This coexistence can be explained by a Si-rich model for the unknown (3×3) reconstruction, the known (2×2)C adatom phase, and the graphene-covered (2×2)C phase. By constructing an ab initio surface phase diagram using a van der Waals corrected density functional, we show that the formation of a well defined interface structure like the “buffer layer” on the Si side is blocked by Si-rich surface reconstructions.

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Nemec, L, Lazarevic, F, Rinke, P, Scheffler, M & Blum, V 2015, 'Why graphene growth is very different on the C face than on the Si face of SiC: Insights from surface equilibria and the (3 × 3) - 3C - SiC(-1-1-1) reconstruction', Physical Review B, vol. 91, no. 16, 161408, pp. 1-5. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.91.161408