Review Article

Experimental Review of Graphene

Table 1

Comparison of graphene synthesis methods. Shows typical number of layers produced, size of graphene layers (largest dimension), and mobility on Si/SiO2. a: [52], b: [40], c: [16], d: [53], e: [17], f: [18].

Method Layers Size Mobility (cm2 V 1 s 1 )

Exfoliation 1 to 10+ 1 mma 15000b
Thermal SiC 1 to 4 50 μmc 2000c
Ni-CVD 1 to 4 1 cmd 3700d
Cu-CVD 1 65 cme 16000f