2010年諾貝爾物理獎揭曉，英國曼徹斯特大學的Andre Geim和Konstantin Novoselov等人因為石墨烯的開創性實驗而獲獎。石墨烯擁有極優異的光學、電學、力學和熱學性能特性，原料相對取得容易，未來可望有機會取代Indium-Tin-Oxide(ITO)。
本研究以0.025mm厚的銅箔當做基板，利用甲烷(CH4)當做反應氣體，以化學氣相沉積(chemical vapor deposition)的方式來成長石墨烯(graphene)薄膜，藉由改變成長時間、成長溫度、成長壓力和成長時的氫氣流量等參數來探討製程和薄膜品質的關係，並找出接近單層且品質佳的石墨烯薄膜成長參數，而在最後拉曼分析結果呈現也顯示是趨近於單層並且品質好的石墨烯薄膜；本研究也試著用不鏽鋼基板來成長，最後在透明導電膜的應用方面，就將成長好的石墨烯薄膜轉移到PDMS(polydimethylsiloxane)基板上並測量其穿透度和片電阻，最佳值穿透度為96.1%、片電阻為2.848X104 Ohm/sq。

Graphene, a newly isolated form of carbon, provides a rich level fundamental physics and practical applications. It was first founded in 2004, and then there were two recipients for the Nobel Prize in Physics in the year 2010; Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov. They received the award for their groundbreaking experiments regarding the two-dimensional material graphene, which is widely heralded to be the next big thing after plastic. Amazingly, only six years, graphene has led to a deluge of international research interest.
In this work, we use 0.025mm thick copper as the substrate and methane as reactant gas to fabricate high quality graphene. And we try to modify the growth time, temperature, pressure and hydrogen flow rate during the growth stage, in order to find the moderate parameter for the perfect single-layer graphene growth. Moreover, stainless steel foils was also used as the substrate for the graphene growth.
For the transparent conductive films, we use the as-grown graphene films and transfer it to the PDMS(polydimethylsiloxane) substrate, and it’s found to absorb 3.5% of incident white light, the best transmittance was 96.1%. The sheet resistance was 2.848X104 Ohm/sq.

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