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Low-energy-electron-diffraction and X-ray-phototelectron-spectroscopy studies of graphitization of 3C-SiC(111) thin film on Si(111) substrate

Takahashi, Ryota*; Handa, Hiroyuki*; Abe, Shunsuke*; Imaizumi, Kei*; Fukidome, Hirokazu*; Yoshigoe, Akitaka ; Teraoka, Yuden; Suemitsu, Maki*

Epitaxial graphene can be formed on silicon substrates by annealing a 3C-SiC film formed on a silicon substrate in ultrahigh vacuum (G/3C-SiC/Si). In this work, we explore the graphitization process on the 3C-SiC(111)/Si(111) surface by using low-energy electron diffraction and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and compare them with that on 6H-SiC(0001). Upon annealing at substrate temperature higher than 1423 K, the 3C-SiC(111)/Si(111) surface follows the sequence of ($$sqrt{3}$$$$times$$$$sqrt{3}$$)R30$$^{circ}$$, (6$$sqrt{3}$$$$times$$6$$sqrt{3}$$)R30$$^{circ}$$ and (1$$times$$1)$$_{rm graphene}$$ in the surface structures. The C 1s core level according to XPS indicates that a buffer layer, identical with that in G/6H-SiC(0001), exists at the G/3C-SiC(111) buffer. These observations strongly suggest that graphitization on the surface of the 3C-SiC(111) face proceeds in a similar manner to that on the Si-terminated hexagonal bulk SiC crystals.

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