Electronic and transport properties of boron and nitrogen doped graphene nanoribbons: an ab initio approach

Applied Nanoscience (Switzerland)

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 461-467

  Chauhan, Satyendra Singh ^a   Srivastava, Pankaj ^b   Shrivastava, Ashwani Kumar ^c  

^a ITM UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b ABV INDIAN INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT   (India)

^c JIWAJI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Boron; Density functional theory; Doping; Graphene nanoribbons; Nitrogen

Indexed keywords

BORON; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; GRAPHENE; GRAPHENE NANORIBBON; NITROGEN; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

CARBON-BASED NANOELECTRONICS; GRAPHENE NANORIBBONS; GRAPHENE NANORIBBONS (GNRS); NITROGEN DOPED GRAPHENE; P TYPE SEMICONDUCTOR; POLARIZATION EFFECT; TRANSFORMATION ENERGIES; ZIGZAG GRAPHENE NANORIBBONS;

NANORIBBONS;

EID: 85001992610     PISSN: 21905509     EISSN: 21905517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13204-013-0220-2     Document Type: Article

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