Improving Terahertz Sheet Conductivity of Graphene Films Synthesized by Atmospheric Pressure Chemical Vapor Deposition with Acetylene

Graphene has shown great potential for terahertz (THz) applications in recent years. THz sheet conductivity of graphene is essential to assess the high performance of THz devices such as modulators based on graphene. In this work, THz sheet conductivity of graphene grown with different temperatures, along with the effects of chemical doping by HNO3, were studied in detail. Graphene films were synthesized on Cu surface by atmospheric pressure chemical vapor deposition with C2H2. Different samples with growth temperature from 850 to 1030 °C were characterized by Raman spectroscopy, transmission electron microscope, and UV–vis spectroscopy. THz time-domain spectroscopy was used to study the THz sheet conductivity of the samples before and after HNO3 doping. The results show that graphene grown at 1000 °C has the highest THz sheet conductivity. As compared to the sample grown at 850 °C, the value enhances 600%. In addition, after HNO3 doping, the THz sheet conductivity of the sample grown at 1000 °C becomes 2...

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