Observation of vacancy-induced suppression of electronic cooling in defected graphene

Abstract

Previous studies of electron-phonon interaction in impure graphene have found that disorder can give rise to an enhancement of electronic cooling at high temperatures. We investigate the effect of lattice vacancy in both mono- and bilayer graphene and observe an order of magnitude suppression of electronic cooling at low temperatures compared with clean graphene. The dependence of the coupling constant on the phonon temperature implies its link to the dynamics of disorder. Our study highlights the effect of disorder on electron-phonon interaction in graphene. In addition, the suppression of electronic cooling holds great promise for improving the performance of graphene-based bolometer and photodetector devices.