Viability of graphene-on-silicon technology toward fusion of graphene with advanced Si-CMOS technologies

Fukidome, Hirokazu*; Takahashi, Ryota*; Miyamoto, Yu*; Handa, Hiroyuki*; Kang, H. C.*; Karasawa, Hiromi*; Suemitsu, Tetsuya*; Otsuji, Taiichi*; Yoshigoe, Akitaka ; Teraoka, Yuden; Suemitsu, Maki*

By forming an SiC thin film on Si substrates and by thermally converting the film top surface into graphene, a graphene layer can be epitaxially formed on the Si substrates (graphene on silicon;GOS). In this method, epitaxial SiC thin films are first grown on the silicon substrate by using gas source molecular beam epitaxy. Normally, 3C-SiC(111), (110) and (100)-oriented films are grown on Si(111), (110) and (100) substrates, respectively. The surface of SiC thin films is then thermally graphitized by annealing at 1523 K in UHV to sublimate Si atoms. Not only 3C-SiC(111) but also (100) and (110) surfaces, produced epitaxial graphene as well. The Raman spectra show distinct D, G and G' bands for all these orientations. Synchrotron-radiation X-ray photoelectron spectrum of C1s presents sp carbons atoms. The observation of the equally successful growth of graphene on these low-index SiC surfaces makes the GOS technology aviable in the post-Si device developments.