B/N掺杂类直三角石墨烯纳米带器件引起的整流效应

基于密度泛函理论结合非平衡格林函数的方法, 研究了硼(氮)非对称掺杂类直三角石墨烯纳米带器件的电子输运性能. 计算结果表明: 单个硼或氮原子取代类直三角石墨烯纳米带顶点的碳原子后, 增强了体系的电导能力, 并且出现了新颖的整流效应. 分析表明: 这是由于硼氮掺杂类直三角石墨烯纳米带器件在正负偏压下分子能级的移动方向和前线分子轨道空间分布的不对称而产生的. 最重要的是, 当左右类直三角石墨烯纳米带的顶端原子同时被硼和氮掺杂后, 体系的整流效应显著增强, 而且出现负微分电阻效应.     

B原子的掺杂对富勒烯C_(32)的电子传输特性与负微分电阻效应的影响

采用基于密度泛涵理论的第一性原理和非平衡格林函数方法研究了硼原子的掺杂对于富勒稀C32分子的电子传输特性与负微分电阻效应的影响.结果显示硼原子的掺杂明显降低了C32分子的电子传输特性,却增强了分子的负微分电阻效应.分析认为,硼原子的掺杂减少了核外电子是导致分子的电子传输性能降低和负微分电阻效应增强的主要原因.本文还研究了掺杂的硼原子的个数多少对C32分子的影响.     

拓扑石墨烯电极分子器件输运特性

利用密度泛函理论结合非平衡格林函数方法,研究了不同拓扑能带结构的石墨烯电极分子器件输运特性.结果表明器件导通电压与电极禁带宽度正相关,同时器件在输运过程中表现出负微分电阻特性,峰谷电流比可达2697.分析认为器件导通源自于偏压升高过程中两电极能带匹配.器件负微分电阻特性源自于偏压升高过程中两电极能带交错.散射态分析表明,能带匹配后散射态分布较为离域,有利于电子通过器件.能带交错后散射态局域于电极处,表明电子输运受到抑制.     

B原子的掺杂对富勒烯C32的电子传输特性与负微分电阻效应的影响

采用基于密度泛涵理论的第一性原理和非平衡格林函数方法研究了硼原子的掺杂对于富勒稀C32分子的电子传输特性与负微分电阻效应的影响．结果显示硼原子的掺杂明显改变了C32分子的电子传输特性和负微分电阻效应．同时研究了掺杂的硼原子的个数多少对C32分子的影响．     

以石墨烯为电极的有机噻吩分子整流器的设计及电输运特性研究

传统硅基半导体器件受到了量子尺寸效应的限制,发展分子电子学器件有可能解决这一难题.本文提出了由石墨烯电极和有机噻吩分子相结合构造分子器件的思想,建构了"石墨烯-噻吩分子-石墨烯"结构的分子器件,并运用非平衡态格林函数结合密度泛函理论的方法研究了其电输运特性.系统地分析了电子给体"氨基"和电子受体"硝基"两种取代基的位置对有机噻吩分子电输运的影响.计算表明,有机噻吩二聚物被"氨基"和"硝基"取代后会产生明显的负微分电阻效应和整流效应.进一步对产生这些效应的物理机制进行分析,发现氨基的位置可以调整负微分电阻的强弱,硝基的位置可以改变整流的方向.     

石墨烯电极弯折对2-苯基吡啶分子器件负微分电阻特性的调控和机理

采用非平衡格林函数结合密度泛函理论探讨了以锯齿型石墨烯纳米带为电极、2-苯基吡啶分子为中心区的分子器件电子输运性质.分析I-V特性及透射谱随偏压的变化表明,电极弯折能够调控器件负微分电阻特性,使器件峰值电压(V_p)减小、电流峰谷比(PVR)增大,当电极弯折角度为15°时,器件获得低峰值电压(0.1 V)、高电流峰谷比(12.84)的负阻特性.平衡态下器件的透射谱、态密度、散射态实空间分布图及投影态密度解释了器件负阻特性被调控源于电极弯折使器件中心分子与电极间的波函数交叠发生变化,导致两者间耦合减弱.弱耦合下外加偏压后,器件的透射系数因能级移动和偏压的变化而产生大幅波动,使器件在低偏置电压处即出现大的透射系数,产生峰值电流I_p,降低了器件的V_p,且增大了PVR值,其所获得的低V_p、高PVR的负阻特性在低功耗分子电子领域具有潜在的应用前景.     

掺杂六角形石墨烯电子输运特性的研究

锯齿型和扶手椅型六角形石墨烯分别跨接在两Au电极上, 构成分子纳器件, 同时考虑对六角形石墨烯分别进行B, N和BN局部规则掺杂. 利用第一性原理方法, 系统地研究了这些器件的电子输运特性. 计算结果表明: B及BN掺杂到扶手椅型六角形石墨烯, 对其电流有较好的调控效应, 同时发现本征及掺杂后的锯齿型六角形石墨烯均表现为半导体性质, 且N及BN掺杂时, 表现出明显的负微分电阻现象, 特别是N掺杂的情况, 能呈现显著的负微分电阻效应, 这也许对于发展分子开关有重要应用. 通过其透射特性及掺杂诱发的六角形石墨烯电子结构的变化, 对这些结果的内在原因进行了说明.     

Mg、Na原子的嵌入对富勒烯C_(50)的电子传输特性与负微分电阻效应的影响

采用基于密度泛涵理论的第一性原理和非平衡格林函数方法研究了Mg、Na原子的嵌入对于C50分子的电子传输特性与负微分电阻效应的影响.结果显示Mg、Na原子的嵌入明显改变了C50分子的负微分电阻效应,且大大增强了C50分子的电子传输性能.分析认为,由于Mg、Na原子的嵌入,使得电子输运系数发生偏移而改变了C50分子的电子传输性能和负微分电阻效应.     

B/N掺杂对于石墨烯纳米片电子输运的影响

选用锯齿(zigzag)型石墨烯纳米片为研究对象, Au作为电极, 分子平面与Au的(111)面垂直, 并通过末端S原子化学吸附于金属表面, 构成两种分子器件: 一种是在纳米片的边缘掺杂N(B)原子, 发现电流-电压具有非线性行为, 但是整流系数较小, 特别是掺杂较多时, 整流具有不稳定性; 另一种是用烷链把两个石墨烯片连接, 在烷链附近和石墨烯片的边缘进行N(B)掺杂, 发现在烷链附近掺杂具有较大的整流, 但是掺杂的原子个数和位置会影响整流性能. 研究表明: 整流主要为正负电压下分子能级的移动方向和空间轨道分布不同导致. 部分体系中的负微分电阻现象主要由于偏压导致能级移动和透射峰形态的改变, 并且在某些偏压下主要透射通道被抑制而引起. 关键词： 石墨烯纳米片 电子输运 整流行为 非平衡格林函数方法     

硼、氮原子的掺杂对单个苯环的电子结构与传输特性的影响

采用基于密度泛涵理论的第一性原理和非平衡格林函数方法研究了硼、氮原子的掺杂对于苯环的电子结构与电子传输特性的影响.结果显示硼、氮原子的掺杂明显改变了C_(32)分子的电子结构和电子传输特性,硼原子的掺杂明显增强了苯环的电子传输特性,而氮原子的掺杂却明显降低了苯环的电子传输特性.同时分析了产生这些现象的原因.计算结果还显示随着外加偏压的增大,苯环的电子传输性能逐渐减弱.     

Observation of room temperature negative differential resistance in solution synthesized ZnO nanorod

We report the observation of negative differential resistance (NDR) in solution synthesized ZnO nanorod. The ZnO nanorod was fabricated as a two terminal planar device using lithographically patterned Au electrodes. The measured current–voltage response of the device has shown a negative differential resistance behavior. The peak-to-valley current ratio of the NDR is found to be greater than 4. The mechanism of this observed NDR effect has been explained based on charge trapping and de-trapping at the nanoscale contacts. It is the first observation of negative differential resistance effect in solution synthesized ZnO nanorod.     

Theoretical investigation on current–voltage characteristics in all-carbon molecular device with different contact geometries

Applying nonequilibrium Green's functions in combination with the first-principles density-functional theory, we investigate electronic transport properties of an all-carbon molecular device consisting of one phenalenyl molecule and two zigzag graphene nanoribbons. The results show that the electronic transport properties are strongly dependent on the contact geometry and device's currents can drop obviously when the connect sites change from second-nearest sites from the central atom of the molecule (S site) to third-nearest sites from the central atom of the molecule (T site). More importantly, the negative differential resistance behavior is only observed on the negative bias region when the molecule connects the graphene nanoribbons through two T sites.     

The electronic transport properties in C60 molecular devices with different contact distances

By applying non-equilibrium Green?s functions in combination with the density-functional theory, we investigate the transport behavior of molecular devices composed by metal electrode-C₆₀ molecule-metal electrode. Our results show that the electronic transport properties are affected obviously by the different contact distances between the electrodes, and the tunneling current decreases approximately exponentially at a certain bias with the increasing of contact distances. The negative differential resistance is observed and the peak-to-valley ratio can be tuned by different contact distances. The mechanisms of the contact distance effect and the negative differential resistance behavior are proposed.     

Large negative differential resistance behavior in arsenene nanoribbons induced by vacant defects

We have studied the electronic structures of arsenene nanoribbons with different edge passivations by employing first-principle calculations. Furthermore, the effects of the defect in different positions on the transport properties of arsenene nanoribbons are also investigated. We find that the band structures of arsenene nanoribbons are sensitive to the edge passivation. The current-voltage characteristics of unpassivated and O-passivated zigzag arsenene nanoribbons exhibit a negative differential resistance behavior, while such a peculiar phenomenon has not emerged in the unpassivated and O-passivated armchair arsenene nanoribbons. The vacant defects on both top and bottom edges in unpassivated armchair arsenene nanoribbon can make its current-voltage characteristic also present a negative differential resistance behavior. After expanding the areas of the top and bottom defects in unpassivated armchair arsenene nanoribbon, the peak-to-valley ratio of the negative differential resistance behavior can be enlarged obviously, which opens another way for the application of arsenene-based devices with a high switching ratio.     

Contact transparency inducing negative differential resistance in nanotube–molecule–nanotube junction predicted by first-principles study

We construct a molecular junction where propyl contacts two armchair carbon nanotubes through five-member ring and perform the first-principles calculations of its transport properties. The negative differential resistance effect with peak-to-valley ratio of 700% is present. Our investigations indicate that contact transparency can induce negative differential resistance in nanotube–molecule–nanotube junction, which may promise the potential application in nano-electronics devices in the future.     

Negative differential resistance in nanotube devices

Carbon nanotube junctions are predicted to exhibit negative differential resistance, with very high peak-to-valley current ratios even at room temperature. We treat both nanotube p-n junctions and undoped metal-nanotube-metal junctions, calculating quantum transport through the self-consistent potential within a tight-binding approximation. The undoped junctions in particular may be suitable for device integration.     

Interface trap-induced negative differential resistance in nMOSFET with floating source

Interface trap can act as the generation center in device to induce a very weak generation current. We observed the negative differential resistance NDR of this generation current I_D in nMOSFET with the floating source. It originates from that the generation function of interface trap is enabled and then is shut down in turn as increasing the drain voltage. This change relies on the interaction among the interface trap energy-level and the electron's Fermi-levels of drain and source under the floating source condition. It is found that the peak-to-valley ratio of I_D is beyond 30.     

(CH3)2和(NH2)2基团修饰的齐聚苯乙炔分子电子输运性质研究

采用密度泛函理论和非平衡格林函数相结合的方法研究了S原子作为单、双端基的(CH₃)₂-OPE (齐聚苯乙炔)和(NH₂)₂-OPE分子在金电极间的电子输运性质. 通过第一性原理优化计算获得分子部分稳定结构, 再置于Au电极之间构成两极系统, 然后再优化整个两极系统获得稳定结构. 另外, 通过非平衡格林函数方法计算了两极系统的电子输运性质. 计算结果表明, 不同的修饰基团和桥接方式可以导致两极系统的开关效应、负微分电阻行为和整流行为等不同的电子输运性质. 通过计算不同偏压下的分子体系投影轨道电子分布、透射谱、态密度, 对这些新异的电输运性质出现的机理进行了解释.