Detection of resonant impurities in graphene by quantum capacitance measurement

Abstract

We investigated Ag-adatom-induced resonant impurities of graphene by quantum capacitance measurement. Different from charged impurities and other conventional resonant impurities, Ag atoms form very weak covalent bonds with graphene. The Ag-adatom-induced resonant peak as measured by quantum capacitance grows more intense at cryogenic temperatures, at higher impurity concentrations, and in stronger magnetic fields, in accordance with our theoretical calculations. The appearance of resonant states and the split of the zeroth Landau level for Ag-adsorbed graphene are manifestations of the formation of a flat impurity band near the Dirac point.