Process for Growth of Graphene
AssigneeGraphensic AB
InventorsRositsa Yakimova, Tihomir Iakimov, Mikael Syvajarvi
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a process for growth of graphene at a temperature above 1400° C. on a silicon carbide surface by sublimation of silicon from the surface. The process comprises heating under special conditions up to growth temperature which ensured that the surface undergoes the proper modification for allowing homogenous graphene in one or more monolayers.
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Process for growth of graphene on a silicon carbide substrate by sublimation of silicon from the silicon carbide substrate surface, the process comprising positioning a silicon carbide substrate in a crucible and arranging said crucible in a reaction chamber, controlling the pressure and heating to the growth temperature, growing graphene on the surface of the substrate at a temperature above 1400° C. and at an inert gas pressure of between 600 and 1100 bar, wherein said heating is conducted in at least a first heating stage and a second heating stage, the first heating stage being conducted at a first heating rate up to a temperature of at least 1200° C., and the second heating stage being conducted after the first heating stage and at a second heating rate which is faster than the first heating rate.
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