CVD-Enabled Graphene Manufacture and Technology

: Integrated manufacturing is arguably the most challenging task in the
development of technology based on graphene and other 2D materials, particularly
with regard to the industrial demand for “electronic-grade” large-area films. In order
to control the structure and properties of these materials at the monolayer level,
their nucleation, growth and interfacing needs to be understood to a level of
unprecedented detail compared to existing thin film or bulk materials. Chemical
vapor deposition (CVD) has emerged as the most versatile and promising technique
to develop graphene and 2D material films into industrial device materials and this
Perspective outlines recent progress, trends, and emerging CVD processing
pathways. A key focus is the emerging understanding of the underlying growth
mechanisms, in particular on the role of the required catalytic growth substrate,
which brings together the latest progress in the fields of heterogeneous catalysis and
classic crystal/thin-film growth