Temperature dependence of electron density and electron-electron interactions in monolayer epitaxial graphene grown on SiC

2d Mater. 2017 Jun;4(2):025007. doi: 10.1088/2053-1583/aa55b9. Epub 2017 Jan 25.

Abstract

We report carrier density measurements and electron-electron (e-e) interactions in monolayer epitaxial graphene grown on SiC. The temperature (T)-independent carrier density determined from the Shubnikov-de Haas (SdH) oscillations clearly demonstrates that the observed logarithmic temperature dependence of Hall slope in our system must be due to e-e interactions. Since the electron density determined from conventional SdH measurements does not depend on e-e interactions based on Kohn's theorem, SdH experiments appear to be more reliable compared with the classical Hall effect when one studies the T dependence of the carrier density in the low T regime. On the other hand, the logarithmic T dependence of the Hall slope δRxyB can be used to probe e-e interactions even when the conventional conductivity method is not applicable due to strong electron-phonon scattering.