Determination of work function of graphene under a metal electrode and its role in contact resistance

Nano Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 3887-3892

  Song, Seung Min ^a   Park, Jong Kyung ^a   Sul, One Jae ^a   Cho, Byung Jin ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

capacitance voltage; contact resistance; flat band voltage; Graphene; work function

Indexed keywords

CAPACITANCE VOLTAGE; CAPACITANCE-VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; CAPACITOR STRUCTURES; CRITICAL INFORMATION; ELECTRONIC DEVICE; FLAT-BAND VOLTAGE; FUNCTION VALUES; GATE VOLTAGES; HIGH WORK FUNCTION; METAL ELECTRODES; METAL SPECIES; NI CONTACTS;

CONTACT RESISTANCE; METALS; PALLADIUM; WORK FUNCTION;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84864688450     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl300266p     Document Type: Article

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