High-performance current rectification in a molecular device with doped graphene electrodes

Carbon

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 575-582

  Li, J ^a   Zhang, Z H ^a   Qiu, M ^b   Yuan, C ^b   Deng, X Q ^a   Fan, Z Q ^a   Tang, G P ^a   Liang, B ^a  

^a CHANGSHA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b University of Wisconsin Milwaukee   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAPHENE; GRAPHITE ELECTRODES; MOLECULES; RECTIFYING CIRCUITS; SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS;

CURRENT RECTIFICATIONS; DOPING CONCENTRATION; GRAPHENE ELECTRODES; MOLECULAR DEVICE; MOLECULAR RECTIFIER; PN JUNCTION DIODES; RECTIFICATION RATIO; TWO ELECTRODES;

ELECTRIC RECTIFIERS;

EID: 84920621516     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2014.08.098     Document Type: Article

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