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[12a-W641-1] Low-temperature synthesis of high-quality graphene by forced convention of plasma-excited radicals
Keywords:plasma CVD, graphene, low temperature growth
The forced-convection plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (FC-PECVD) method has been developed for the synthesis of graphene. In the FC-PECVD method, a specially designed blowing plasma source is used at a moderate gas pressure of 1 - 10 Torr and the distribution of reactive radicals reaching the substrate surface can be controlled by forced convection. Self-limiting growth of graphene occurs on copper foil and monolayer graphene growth with few defects is achieved even at low temperature (<400 °C). The enlargement of growth area has also been demonstrated using the scalable blowing plasma source. We expect that the FC-PECVD method overcomes the limitations of conventional low-temperature PECVD and provides a breakthrough for the achievement of industrial applications based on graphene.