Electronic transport in BN-encasulated graphene limited by remote phonon scattering

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Main Authors: Dinar, Khalid, Macheda, Francesco, Guandalini, Alberto, Paillet, Matthieu, Consejo, Christophe, Teppe, Frederic, Jouault, Benoit, Sohier, Thibault, Nanot, Sébastien
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author Dinar, Khalid
Macheda, Francesco
Guandalini, Alberto
Paillet, Matthieu
Consejo, Christophe
Teppe, Frederic
Jouault, Benoit
Sohier, Thibault
Nanot, Sébastien
author_facet Dinar, Khalid
Macheda, Francesco
Guandalini, Alberto
Paillet, Matthieu
Consejo, Christophe
Teppe, Frederic
Jouault, Benoit
Sohier, Thibault
Nanot, Sébastien
contents We study the impact of BN's phonons on the electrical resistivity of hBN-encapsulated graphene. While encapsulation yields high-mobility devices, the surrounding BN itself introduces remote scattering from polar optical phonons, whose role in standard resistivity measurements remains unclear. We combine high-quality transport experiments with ab initio calculations including a proper treatment of dynamically screened remote interactions. We demonstrate that hBN's out-of-plane phonons strongly influence resistivity between 150 K and room temperature, whereas higher-energy LO modes and intrinsic graphene phonons alone cannot explain the observed trends. The coupling between electrons and the BN's phonons becomes more pronounced at low carrier densities due to reduced screening. Our findings establish that remote phonon scattering fundamentally limits transport in encapsulated graphene, solving a longstanding debate.
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spellingShingle Electronic transport in BN-encasulated graphene limited by remote phonon scattering
Dinar, Khalid
Macheda, Francesco
Guandalini, Alberto
Paillet, Matthieu
Consejo, Christophe
Teppe, Frederic
Jouault, Benoit
Sohier, Thibault
Nanot, Sébastien
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
We study the impact of BN's phonons on the electrical resistivity of hBN-encapsulated graphene. While encapsulation yields high-mobility devices, the surrounding BN itself introduces remote scattering from polar optical phonons, whose role in standard resistivity measurements remains unclear. We combine high-quality transport experiments with ab initio calculations including a proper treatment of dynamically screened remote interactions. We demonstrate that hBN's out-of-plane phonons strongly influence resistivity between 150 K and room temperature, whereas higher-energy LO modes and intrinsic graphene phonons alone cannot explain the observed trends. The coupling between electrons and the BN's phonons becomes more pronounced at low carrier densities due to reduced screening. Our findings establish that remote phonon scattering fundamentally limits transport in encapsulated graphene, solving a longstanding debate.
title Electronic transport in BN-encasulated graphene limited by remote phonon scattering
topic Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.00678