Are there fundamental limitations on the sheet resistance and transmittance of thin graphene films?

ACS Nano

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 2713-2720

  De, Sukanta ^a   Coleman, Jonathan N ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Conductor; Electrode; Figure of merit; Graphene; Transparent

Indexed keywords

CARRIER DENSITY; CONDUCTIVITY RATIO; CURRENT-DRIVEN; DC CONDUCTIVITY; FIGURE OF MERIT; FUNDAMENTAL LIMITATIONS; GRAPHENE LAYERS; GRAPHITE FILMS; LIMITING VALUES; POTENTIAL VALUES; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTORS;

CARRIER MOBILITY; CONDUCTIVE FILMS; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; GRAPHENE; OPTICAL CONDUCTIVITY; SHEET RESISTANCE;

GRAPHITE;

EID: 77952930676     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn100343f     Document Type: Article

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