Controls over structural and electronic properties of epitaxial graphene on silicon using surface termination of 3C-SiC(111)/Si

吹留 博一*; 阿部 峻佑*; 高橋 良太*; 今泉 京*; 猪俣 州哉*; 半田 浩之*; 齋藤 英司*; 遠田 義晴*; 吉越 章隆; 寺岡 有殿; et al.

Applied Physics Express, 4(11), p.115104_1 - 115104_3, 2011/11

https://doi.org/10.1143/APEX.4.115104

Epitaxial graphene on Si (GOS) using a heteroepitaxy of 3C-SiC/Si has attracted recent attention owing to its capability to fuse graphene with Si-based electronics. We demonstrate that the stacking, interface structure, and hence, electronic properties of GOS can be controlled by tuning the surface termination of 3C-SiC(111)/Si, with a proper choice of Si substrate and SiC growth conditions. On the Si-terminated 3C-SiC(111)/Si(111) surface, GOS is Bernal-stacked with a band splitting, while on the C-terminated 3C-SiC(111)/Si(110) surface, GOS is turbostratically stacked without a band splitting. This work enables us to precisely control the electronic properties of GOS for forthcoming devices.