| 研究生: |
潘建淋 Pan, Chien-Lin |
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| 論文名稱: |
以角解析光電子能譜研究準自由磊晶石墨烯上鉍薄膜之能帶結構 Investigation of the Band Structure of Bismuth Thin Films on Quasi-Free-Standing Epitaxial Graphene via Angle-Resolved Photoemission Spectroscopy |
| 指導教授: |
黃榮俊
Huang, Jung-Chun |
| 學位類別: |
碩士 Master |
| 系所名稱: |
理學院 - 物理學系 Department of Physics |
| 論文出版年: | 2026 |
| 畢業學年度: | 114 |
| 語文別: | 中文 |
| 論文頁數: | 104 |
| 中文關鍵詞: | 磊晶石墨烯 、碳化矽 、鉍 、插層 、角解析光電子能譜 |
| 外文關鍵詞: | Epitaxial graphene, Silicon carbide, Bismuth, Intercalation, Angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy |
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鉍(Bi)於SiC(0001) 上可排列成蜂巢狀的鉍烯(bismuthene),其自旋軌道耦合所開啟的拓樸能隙遠大於室溫熱能;然而裸露的鉍烯於大氣中迅速氧化,能長期穩定存在的位置僅有石墨烯之下、與SiC 直接接觸的界面。本研究即嘗試以插層將鉍送入磊晶石墨烯與SiC之間。
本研究以直流加熱熱分解 4H-SiC(0001) 生長磊晶石墨烯,於1160 至 1400 °C 的窗口內可重複獲得單層至多層石墨烯;經原子氫處理後,摻雜由 n-type轉為 p-type,確認已解耦為準自由磊晶石墨烯(QFEG),但將氫分壓提高四倍反而抑制此一轉換。於此基板以分子束磊晶鍍鉍並退火,自長樣品在五種鍍層與退火條件下,低能電子繞射(LEED)均未出現任何鉍相關的新增訊號;截面穿透式電子顯微鏡(TEM)與能量色散X 光譜(EDX)進一步顯示,鉍以厚度約6 nm 的奈米顆粒聚集於石墨烯之上,元素訊號完全侷限於表層,直接證實插層並未發生。
為排除層數均勻性與劑量兩項因素,另改用以侷限空間昇華法製備的合作樣品,進行漸進累積式的劑量序列,仍未見插層相。累積至較厚的鍍層後,Γ附近出現一組既不屬於石墨烯亦不屬於SiC 的能帶,於費米能下方約0.5 至 1 eV 之間出現疑似能隙;LEED 則呈現環狀訊號,顯示鉍可能已形成結晶相,惟各晶粒的面內方位彼此隨機。綜合以上,在本研究涵蓋的參數範圍內,自氫解耦後的 QFEG 出發鍍鉍並未導致插層,問題可能與製程路徑的安排有關。
Bismuth on SiC(0001) forms a honeycomb bismuthene layer whose bonding to the silicon dangling bonds opens a topological gap far larger than room-temperature thermal energy. Because bare bismuthene oxidizes rapidly in air, the graphene/SiC interface is the only site at which it can remain stable, and reaching it requires intercalation. Here epitaxial graphene was grown by direct-current heating of 4H-SiC(0001), atomic hydrogen from a thermal gas cracker was used to decouple the carbon buffer layer into quasi-free-standing epitaxial graphene, and bismuth was then deposited by molecular beam epitaxy and annealed. Across five conditions on self-grown samples, low-energy electron diffraction showed no bismuth superstructure, and cross-sectional electron microscopy with elemental analysis located the bismuth entirely above the graphene as a 6 nm layer of nanoscale grains. A collaborator-supplied sample of superior uniformity, examined through incremental dose sequences, gave the same outcome. Intercalation therefore did not occur within the range explored, and the bismuth instead formed azimuthally disordered islands.
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