Enhancing the metal–insulator transition in VO2 heterostructures with graphene interlayers

Cao, Hui; Yan, Xi; Li, Yan; Stan, Liliana; Chen, Wei; Guisinger, Nathan P.; Zhou, Hua; Fong, Dillon D.

doi:10.1063/5.0100493

Title: Enhancing the metal–insulator transition in VO₂ heterostructures with graphene interlayers

Journal Article · Mon Aug 22 00:00:00 EDT 2022 · Applied Physics Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0100493· OSTI ID:1908358

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Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Lemont, IL (United States)
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Center for Nanoscale Materials
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Advanced Photon Source (APS)

In this work, studies were conducted on epitaxial VO₂ thin films to assess to the effect of remote epitaxy on the metal–insulator transition (MIT). The epitaxial VO₂ heterostructures were synthesized on both bare Al₂O₃ (0001) substrates and Al₂O₃ substrates coated with two monolayer-thick graphene. While both systems exhibit the MIT, the film grown by remote epitaxy on graphene demonstrates improved transport properties. Electrical transport measurements show that the on/off ratio is enhanced by a factor of ~7.5 and the switching temperature window is narrower for VO₂ thin films grown on graphene. By characterizing the heterostructures with a suite of structural, chemical, and spectroscopic tools, we find that the graphene interlayer inhibits oxygen vacancy diffusion from Al₂O₃ (0001) during the VO₂ growth, resulting in improved electrical behavior at the MIT.

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Research Organization:: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Program; USDOE Office of Science (SC)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357

OSTI ID:: 1908358

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1882763

Journal Information:: Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 121, Issue 8; ISSN 0003-6951

Publisher:: American Institute of Physics (AIP)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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