Patents by Inventor Tianmin Lei

Tianmin Lei has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 9951418
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for preparing structured graphene on a SiC substrate on the basis of Cl2 reaction, the procedures are as follows: firstly, performing standard cleaning to a SiC sample chip; depositing a layer of SiO2 on the surface of the SiC sample chip and engraving a figure window on the SiO2 layer; then arranging the windowed sample chip in a quartz tube, introducing a mixed gas of Ar and Cl2 into the quartz tube, reacting the bare SiC with Cl2 for 3-8 min at 700-1100° C. to generate a carbon film; arranging the generated carbon film in Ar gas, annealing for 10-30 min at 1000-1200° C. to generate the structured graphene on the window on the carbon film. The method is simple and safe; the generated structured graphene has a smooth surface and low porosity and can be used for making microelectronic devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: XIDIAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hui Guo, Keji Zhang, Yuming Zhang, Pengfei Deng, Tianmin Lei, Fengqi Zhang
  • Patent number: 9691612
    Abstract: Provided is a process for preparing graphene on a SiC substrate, based on metal film-assisted annealing, comprising the following steps: subjecting a SiC substrate to a standard cleaning process; placing the cleaned SiC substrate into a quartz tube and heating the quartz tube up to a temperature of 750 to 1150° C.; introducing CCl4vapor into the quartz tube to react with SiC for a period of 20 to 100 minutes so as to generate a double-layered carbon film, wherein the CCl4 vapor is carried by Ar gas; forming a metal film with a thickness of 350 to 600 nm on a Si substrate by electron beam deposition; placing the obtained double-layered carbon film sample onto the metal film; subsequently annealing them in an Ar atmosphere at a temperature of 900 to 1100° C. for 10-30 minutes so as to reconstitute the double-layered carbon film into double-layered graphene; and removing the metal film from the double-layered graphene, thereby obtaining double-layered graphene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: Xidian University
    Inventors: Hui Guo, Keji Zhang, Yuming Zhang, Pengfei Deng, Tianmin Lei
  • Patent number: 9048092
    Abstract: A method for preparing graphene by reaction with Cl2 based on annealing with assistant metal film is provided, comprising the following steps: applying normal wash to a Si-substrate, then putting the Si-substrate into a reaction chamber of a CVD system and evacuating, rising the temperature to 950° C.-1150° C. gradually, supplying C3H8 and carbonizing the Si-substrate for 3-10 min; rising the temperature to 1150° C.-1350° C. rapidly, supplying C3H8 and SiH4, growing a 3C—SiC hetero-epitaxial film on the carbonized layer, and then reducing the temperature to ambient temperature under the protection of H2 gradually, introducing the grown sample wafer of 3C—SiC into a quartz tube, heating to 700-1100° C., supplying mixed gas of Ar and Cl2, and reacting Cl2 with 3C—SiC to generate a carbon film, applying the sample wafer of carbon film on a metal film, annealing at 900° C.-1100° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: Xidian University
    Inventors: Hui Guo, Keji Zhang, Yuming Zhang, Pengfei Deng, Tianmin Lei
  • Publication number: 20150132506
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for preparing structured graphene on a SiC substrate on the basis of Cl2 reaction, the procedures are as follows: firstly, performing standard cleaning to a SiC sample chip; depositing a layer of SiO2 on the surface of the SiC sample chip and engraving a figure window on the SiO2 layer; then arranging the windowed sample chip in a quartz tube, introducing a mixed gas of Ar and Cl2 into the quartz tube, reacting the bare SiC with Cl2 for 3-8 min at 700-1100° C. to generate a carbon film; arranging the generated carbon film in Ar gas, annealing for 10-30 min at 1000-1200° C. to generate the structured graphene on the window on the carbon film. The method is simple and safe; the generated structured graphene has a smooth surface and low porosity and can be used for making microelectronic devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2012
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventors: Hui Guo, Keji Zhang, Yuming Zhang, Pengfei Deng, Tianmin Lei, Fengqi Zhang
  • Publication number: 20140367642
    Abstract: Provided is a process for preparing graphene on a SiC substrate, based on metal film-assisted annealing, comprising the following steps: subjecting a SiC substrate to a standard cleaning process; placing the cleaned SiC substrate into a quartz tube and heating the quartz tube up to a temperature of 750 to 1150° C.; introducing CCl4vapor into the quartz tube to react with SiC for a period of 20 to 100 minutes so as to generate a double-layered carbon film, wherein the CCl4 vapor is carried by Ar gas; forming a metal film with a thickness of 350 to 600 nm on a Si substrate by electron beam deposition; placing the obtained double-layered carbon film sample onto the metal film; subsequently annealing them in an Ar atmosphere at a temperature of 900 to 1100° C. for 10-30 minutes so as to reconstitute the double-layered carbon film into double-layered graphene; and removing the metal film from the double-layered graphene, thereby obtaining double-layered graphene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2012
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Applicant: Xidian University
    Inventors: Hui Guo, Keji Zhang, Yuming Zhang, Pengfei Deng, Tianmin Lei
  • Publication number: 20140256120
    Abstract: A method for preparing graphene by reaction with Cl2 based on annealing with assistant metal film is provided, comprising the following steps: applying normal wash to a Si-substrate, then putting the Si-substrate into a reaction chamber of a CVD system and evacuating, rising the temperature to 950° C. -1150° C. gradually, supplying C3H8 and carbonizing the Si-substrate for 3-10 min; rising the temperature to 1150° C.-1350° C. rapidly, supplying C3H8 and SiH4, growing a 3C—SiC hetero-epitaxial film on the carbonized layer, and then reducing the temperature to ambient temperature under the protection of H2 gradually, introducing the grown sample wafer of 3C—SiC into a quartz tube, heating to 700-1100° C., supplying mixed gas of Ar and Cl2, and reacting Cl2 with 3C—SiC to generate a carbon film, applying the sample wafer of carbon film on a metal film, annealing at 900° C.-1100° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2012
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: Xidian University
    Inventors: Hui Guo, Keji Zhang, Yuming Zhang, Penfgei Deng, Tianmin Lei