The rectifying and negative differential resistance effects in graphene/h-BN nanoribbon heterojunctions

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出版日 2016-09-21

DOI 10.1039/C6CP05912K

インパクトファクター 3.676

著者

Yipeng An, Mengjun Zhang, Dapeng Wu, Tianxing Wang, Zhaoyong Jiao, Congxin Xia, Kun Wang

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要旨

We investigate the electronic transport properties of four types of lateral graphene/h-BN nanoribbon heterojunctions using the non-equilibrium Green's function method in combination with the density functional theory. The results show that the heterojunction displays an interesting rectifying effect when the interface has a left–right type structure, while a pronounced negative differential resistance (NDR) effect when the interface has an up–down type structure. Moreover, when the interface of the heterojunction has a left–bank or right–bank type structure, it presents the rectifying (with a larger rectification ratio) and NDR effects. This work is helpful to further construct and prepare a nanodevice based on the graphene/h-BN heterojunction materials according to the proposed structures.

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Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics

CiteScore: 5.5

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年間論文数: 3036

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