Synthesis and transport properties of Bi-based topological insulator nanoplates

  • WANG Qing-bin1 ,
  • YE Jun1 ,
  • CAI Ri1 ,
  • CHEN Guo-hui1 ,
  • LIU Jun-ting1 ,
  • SONG Han-biao2
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  • 1. Guangdong Power Grid Co.,Ltd. Yunfu Power Supply Bureau,Yunfu,Guangdong 527300,China; 2. Wuhan Xintaiyu Power Electronic Technology Co.,Ltd.,Wuhan,Hubei 430014,China

Received date: 2017-12-04

  Revised date: 2017-12-07

  Online published: 2018-06-20

Abstract

Topological insulators have the low transport consumption and could be possibly used as the novel electrical transport materials in transformer substation. Here,we use chemical vapor deposition method to synthesize Bi2Te3 topological insulator nanoplates. Through characterization of optical microscopy,atomic force microscopy and scanning electron microscopy,we optimize the synthetic parameters and further obtain the Bi2Te3 nanoplates. We employe photolithography technique to fabricate metallic electrodes based on nanoplates. We measure the transport properties and observe the weak antilocalization effect originated from the topological surface states. We apply the traditional weak localization theory and find that the coherence length of surface state electrons is approximately 130 nm.

Cite this article

WANG Qing-bin1 , YE Jun1 , CAI Ri1 , CHEN Guo-hui1 , LIU Jun-ting1 , SONG Han-biao2 . Synthesis and transport properties of Bi-based topological insulator nanoplates[J]. College Physics, 2018 , 37(6) : 30 -32 . DOI: 10.16854 /j.cnki.1000-0712.170667

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