Issue 6, 2017

Advances in transferring chemical vapour deposition graphene: a review

Abstract

The unique two-dimensional structure and outstanding electronic, thermal, and mechanical properties of graphene have attracted the interest of scientists and engineers from various fields. The first step in translating the excellent properties of graphene into practical applications is the preparation of large area, continuous graphene films. Chemical vapour deposition (CVD) graphene has received increasing attention because it provides access to large-area, uniform, and continuous films of high quality. However, current CVD synthetic techniques utilize metal substrates (Cu or Ni) to catalyse the growth of graphene and post-growth transfer of the graphene film to a substrate of interest is critical for most applications such as electronics, photonics, and spintronics. Here we discuss recent advances in the transfer of as-grown CVD graphene to target substrates. The methods that afford CVD graphene on a target substrate are summarized under three categories: transfer with a support layer, transfer without a support layer, and direct growth on target substrates. At present the first two groups dominate the field and research efforts are directed towards refining the choice of the support layer. The support layer plays a vital role in the transfer process because it has direct contact with the atomically thin graphene surface, affecting its properties and determining the quality of the transferred graphene.

Graphical abstract: Advances in transferring chemical vapour deposition graphene: a review

Article information

Article type
Minireview
Submitted
29 jun 2017
Accepted
18 aug 2017
First published
18 aug 2017

Mater. Horiz., 2017,4, 1054-1063

Advances in transferring chemical vapour deposition graphene: a review

M. Chen, R. C. Haddon, R. Yan and E. Bekyarova, Mater. Horiz., 2017, 4, 1054 DOI: 10.1039/C7MH00485K

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