Phosphorus-doping-induced rectifying behavior in armchair graphene nanoribbons devices

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Zhou, Yuhong ^a   Zhang, Jianbing ^a,b   Zhang, Daoli ^a,b   Ye, Cong ^c   Miao, Xiangshui ^a,b  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c HUBEI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARMCHAIR GRAPHENE; ARMCHAIR GRAPHENE NANORIBBONS; GRAPHENE NANORIBBONS; IV CHARACTERISTICS; NON-EQUILIBRIUM GREEN'S FUNCTION; RECTIFICATION BEHAVIOR; RECTIFYING BEHAVIORS;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; DOPING (ADDITIVES); NANORIBBONS; PHOSPHORUS;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84892163929     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4861176     Document Type: Conference Paper

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