Atomic-resolution visualization and doping effects of complex structures in intercalated bilayer graphene

Bonacum, Jason P.; O’Hara, Andrew; Bao, De-Liang; Ovchinnikov, Oleg S.; Zhang, Yan-Fang; Gordeev, Georgy; Arora, Sonakshi; Reich, Stephanie; Idrobo, Juan-Carlos; Haglund, Richard F.; Pantelides, Sokrates T.; Bolotin, Kirill I.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.3.064004

Title: Atomic-resolution visualization and doping effects of complex structures in intercalated bilayer graphene

Journal Article · Fri Jun 28 00:00:00 EDT 2019 · Physical Review Materials

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.3.064004· OSTI ID:1597942

Bonacum, Jason P. ^[1]; O’Hara, Andrew ^[1]; Bao, De-Liang ^[2]; Ovchinnikov, Oleg S. ^[3]; Zhang, Yan-Fang ^[1]; Gordeev, Georgy ^[4]; Arora, Sonakshi ^[4]; Reich, Stephanie ^[4]; Idrobo, Juan-Carlos ^[5]; Haglund, Richard F. ^[1]; Pantelides, Sokrates T. ^[3]; Bolotin, Kirill I. ^[1]

Vanderbilt Univ., Nashville, TN (United States)
Vanderbilt Univ., Nashville, TN (United States); Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing (China)
Vanderbilt Univ., Nashville, TN (United States); Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Freie Univ., Berlin (Germany)
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Molecules intercalating two-dimensional materials form complex structures that have been characterized primarily by spatially averaged techniques. In this work, we use aberration-corrected scanning transmission electron microscopy and density-functional-theory (DFT) calculations to study the atomic structure of bilayer graphene (BLG) and few-layer graphene (FLG) intercalated with $FeC l_{3}$ . In BLG, we discover two distinct intercalated structures that we identify as monolayer $FeC l_{3}$ and monolayer $FeC l_{2}$ . The two structures are separated by atomically sharp boundaries and induce large free-carrier densities on the order of $10^{13} c m^{- 2}$ in the graphene layers. In FLG, we observe multiple $FeC l_{3}$ layers stacked in a variety of possible configurations with respect to one another. Lastly, we find that the microscope's electron beam can convert the $FeC l_{3}$ monolayer into FeOCl monolayers in a rectangular lattice. These results reveal the need for a combination of atomically resolved microscopy, spectroscopy, and DFT calculations to identify intercalated structures and study their properties.

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Research Organization:: Vanderbilt Univ., Nashville, TN (United States); Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC); National Science Foundation (NSF); European Research Council (ERC)

Grant/Contract Number:: FG02-09ER46554; AC05-00OR22725; ACI-1053575

OSTI ID:: 1597942

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1546419

Journal Information:: Physical Review Materials, Vol. 3, Issue 6; ISSN 2475-9953

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Country of Publication:: United States

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