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Granted Patent B2
US 8,664,439 · App. 13/064,896 · Granted Mar 4, 2014

Graphene substituted with boron and nitrogen, method of fabricating the same, and transistor having the same

Inventors: Sung-Hoon Lee (Hwaseong-si, KR); Sun-ae Seo (Hwaseong-si, KR); Yun-sung Woo (Suwon-si, KR); Hyun-jong Chung (Hwaseong-si, KR); Jin-seong Heo (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 8,664,439
App. No.
13/064,896
Granted
Mar 4, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

Graphene, a method of fabricating the same, and a transistor having the graphene are provided, the graphene includes a structure of carbon (C) atoms partially substituted with boron (B) atoms and nitrogen (N) atoms. The graphene has a band gap. The graphene substituted with boron and nitrogen may be used as a channel of a field effect transistor. The graphene may be formed by performing chemical vapor deposition (CVD) method using borazine or ammonia borane as a boron nitride (B—N) precursor.

Claims (20)

1. Graphene, comprising:

a structure of carbon (C) atoms partially substituted with boron (B) atoms and nitrogen (N) atoms, wherein the graphene has a band gap.

2. The graphene of claim 1 , wherein the B atoms and the N atoms substitute from about 1% to about 20% of the C atoms of the graphene.

3. The graphene of claim 1 , wherein a difference between densities of the B atoms and the N atoms is below 10 13 cm −2 .

4. The graphene of claim 3 , wherein the B atoms and the N atoms are present in the graphene at substantially at the same ratio.

5. The graphene of claim 4 , wherein the C atoms of the graphene are partially substituted with at least one dimer having one of the B atoms and one of the N atoms or at least one hexagonal structure having three of the B atoms and three of the N atoms.

6. The graphene of claim 1 , wherein the band gap is about 0.05 eV to about 0.3 eV.

7. The graphene of claim 1 , wherein each of the boron atoms is bonded to at least one of the nitrogen atoms.

8. The graphene of claim 4 , wherein the C atoms of the graphene are partially substituted with at least one B—N heterodimer.

9. The graphene of claim 4 , wherein the C atoms of the graphene are partially substituted with at least one heterocyclic structure having three of the B atoms and three of the N atoms.

10. The graphene according to claim 1 , wherein the graphene is in a channel of a transistor.

11. The graphene of claim 10 , wherein the B atoms and the N atoms substitute from about 1% to about 20% of the C atoms of the graphene.

12. The graphene of claim 10 , wherein a difference between densities of the B atoms and the N atoms is below 10 13 cm −2 .

13. The graphene of claim 12 , wherein the B atoms and the N atoms are present in the graphene at substantially the same ratio.

14. The graphene of claim 13 , wherein the C atoms of the graphene are partially substituted with at least one dimer having one of the B atoms and one of the N atoms or at least one hexagonal structure having three of the B atoms and three of the N atoms.

15. A method of fabricating graphene substituted with boron and nitrogen, comprising:

forming the graphene according to claim 1 by performing a chemical vapor deposition (CVD) method using borazine or ammonia borane as a B-N precursor.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the B atoms and the N atoms substitute from about 1% to about 20% of the C atoms of the graphene.

17. The method of claim 15 , wherein the B atoms and the N atoms are present in the graphene at substantially the same ratio.

18. The method of claim 17 , wherein the B-N precursor is a dimer having one of the B atoms and one of the N atoms or a hexagonal structure having three of the B atoms and three of the N atoms.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 25, 2011
From: LEE, SUNG-HOON; SEO, SUN-AE; WOO, YUN-SUNG; CHUNG, HYUN-JONG; HEO, JIN-SEONG
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 026249/0956 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2010-058604 · Jun 21, 2010 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20110313194A1 · Dec 22, 2011