Interaction between graphene and the surface of SiO2

J Phys Condens Matter. 2012 Aug 1;24(30):305004. doi: 10.1088/0953-8984/24/30/305004. Epub 2012 Jun 19.

Abstract

The interaction between graphene and a SiO(2) surface has been analyzed with first-principles DFT calculations by constructing the different configurations based on α-quartz and cristobalite structures. The fact that single-layer graphene can stay stably on a SiO(2) surface is explained based on a general consideration of the configuration structures of the SiO(2) surface. It is found that the oxygen defect in a SiO(2) surface can shift the Fermi level of graphene down which opens up the mechanism of the hole-doping effect of graphene adsorbed on a SiO(2) surface observed in a lot of experiments.