A new exploration on the substantial improvement of rectifying behaviors for a donor-acceptor molecular diode by graphene electrodes

Carbon

Volumn 61, Issue , 2013, Pages 284-293

  Li, J ^a   Zhang, Z H ^a   Kwong, G ^b   Tian, W ^a   Fan, Z Q ^a   Deng, X Q ^a  

^a CHANGSHA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DONOR-ACCEPTOR MOLECULES; DONOR-ACCEPTORS; FIRST PRINCIPLES METHOD; GRAPHENE ELECTRODES; GRAPHENE NANORIBBON (GNR); MOLECULAR DIODES; RECTIFICATION RATIO; RECTIFYING BEHAVIORS;

CALCULATIONS; ENERGY GAP; GRAPHITE ELECTRODES; MOLECULES;

NANORIBBONS;

EID: 84879685778     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2013.05.006     Document Type: Article

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