Charge transport mechanism in networks of armchair graphene nanoribbons
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- Autoren
- Nils Richter
- Zongping Chen
- Alexander Tries
- Thorsten Prechtl
- Akimitsu Narita
- Klaus Muellen
- Kamal Asadi
- Mischa Bonn
- Mathias Klaeui
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- 10.1038/s41598-020-58660-w
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- PubMed Identifier: 32029795
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- 2045-2322
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- 2020
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- Charge transport mechanism in networks of armchair graphene nanoribbons
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- <jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>In graphene nanoribbons (GNRs), the lateral confinement of charge carriers opens a band gap, the key feature that enables novel graphene-based electronics. Despite great progress, reliable and reproducible fabrication of single-ribbon field-effect transistors (FETs) is still a challenge, impeding the understanding of the charge transport. Here, we present reproducible fabrication of armchair GNR-FETs based on networks of nanoribbons and analyze the charge transport mechanism using nine-atom wide and, in particular, five-atom-wide GNRs with large conductivity. We show formation of reliable Ohmic contacts and a yield of functional FETs close to unity by lamination of GNRs to electrodes. Modeling the charge transport in the networks reveals that transport is governed by inter-ribbon hopping mediated by nuclear tunneling, with a hopping length comparable to the physical GNR length. Overcoming the challenge of low-yield single-ribbon transistors by the networks and identifying the corresponding charge transport mechanism is a key step forward for functionalization of GNRs.</jats:p>
- Autoren
- Nils Richter
- Zongping Chen
- Alexander Tries
- Thorsten Prechtl
- Akimitsu Narita
- Klaus Müllen
- Kamal Asadi
- Mischa Bonn
- Mathias Kläui
- DOI
- 10.1038/s41598-020-58660-w
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- 2045-2322
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- 1
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- en
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- 1988
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- 2020
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- http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-58660-w
- Datum der Datenerfassung
- 2023
- Titel
- Charge transport mechanism in networks of armchair graphene nanoribbons
- Ausgabe der Zeitschrift
- 10
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- Abstract
- In graphene nanoribbons (GNRs), the lateral confinement of charge carriers opens a band gap, the key feature that enables novel graphene-based electronics. Despite great progress, reliable and reproducible fabrication of single-ribbon field-effect transistors (FETs) is still a challenge, impeding the understanding of the charge transport. Here, we present reproducible fabrication of armchair GNR-FETs based on networks of nanoribbons and analyze the charge transport mechanism using nine-atom wide and, in particular, five-atom-wide GNRs with large conductivity. We show formation of reliable Ohmic contacts and a yield of functional FETs close to unity by lamination of GNRs to electrodes. Modeling the charge transport in the networks reveals that transport is governed by inter-ribbon hopping mediated by nuclear tunneling, with a hopping length comparable to the physical GNR length. Overcoming the challenge of low-yield single-ribbon transistors by the networks and identifying the corresponding charge transport mechanism is a key step forward for functionalization of GNRs.
- Addresses
- Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Institut für Physik, Staudingerweg 7, 55128, Mainz, Germany.
- Autoren
- Nils Richter
- Zongping Chen
- Alexander Tries
- Thorsten Prechtl
- Akimitsu Narita
- Klaus Müllen
- Kamal Asadi
- Mischa Bonn
- Mathias Kläui
- DOI
- 10.1038/s41598-020-58660-w
- eISSN
- 2045-2322
- Externe Identifier
- PubMed Identifier: 32029795
- PubMed Central ID: PMC7005326
- Funding acknowledgements
- EC | Seventh Framework Programme (EC Seventh Framework Programm): FET-ICT-2013-10 610449
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation): GSC/266
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft: TRR 173
- Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung:
- Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung (Alexander von Humboldt Foundation): Sofia Kovalevskaja Award
- Max-Planck-Gesellschaft:
- EC | Seventh Framework Programme: FET-ICT-2013-10 610449
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft: GSC/266
- Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung: Sofia Kovalevskaja Award
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation): TRR 173
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft: SPP 1459
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation): SPP 1459
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- Charge transport mechanism in networks of armchair graphene nanoribbons.
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- Abstract
- In graphene nanoribbons (GNRs), the lateral confinement of charge carriers opens a band gap, the key feature that enables novel graphene-based electronics. Despite great progress, reliable and reproducible fabrication of single-ribbon field-effect transistors (FETs) is still a challenge, impeding the understanding of the charge transport. Here, we present reproducible fabrication of armchair GNR-FETs based on networks of nanoribbons and analyze the charge transport mechanism using nine-atom wide and, in particular, five-atom-wide GNRs with large conductivity. We show formation of reliable Ohmic contacts and a yield of functional FETs close to unity by lamination of GNRs to electrodes. Modeling the charge transport in the networks reveals that transport is governed by inter-ribbon hopping mediated by nuclear tunneling, with a hopping length comparable to the physical GNR length. Overcoming the challenge of low-yield single-ribbon transistors by the networks and identifying the corresponding charge transport mechanism is a key step forward for functionalization of GNRs.
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- 2020
- Autoren
- Nils Richter
- Zongping Chen
- Alexander Tries
- Thorsten Prechtl
- Akimitsu Narita
- Klaus Müllen
- Kamal Asadi
- Mischa Bonn
- Mathias Kläui
- Autoren-URL
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32029795
- DOI
- 10.1038/s41598-020-58660-w
- eISSN
- 2045-2322
- Externe Identifier
- PubMed Central ID: PMC7005326
- Funding acknowledgements
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation): GSC/266
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation): GSC/266
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation): SPP 1459
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation): TRR 173
- EC | Seventh Framework Programme (EC Seventh Framework Programm): FET-ICT-2013-10 610449
- EC | Seventh Framework Programme (EC Seventh Framework Programm): FET-ICT-2013-10 610449
- Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung (Alexander von Humboldt Foundation): Sofia Kovalevskaja Award
- Ausgabe der Veröffentlichung
- 1
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- Sci Rep
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- eng
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- England
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- 1988
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- 10.1038/s41598-020-58660-w
- Datum der Veröffentlichung
- 2020
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- Titel
- Charge transport mechanism in networks of armchair graphene nanoribbons.
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- Journal Article
- Ausgabe der Zeitschrift
- 10
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- Nils Richter
- Zongping Chen
- Alexander Tries
- Thorsten Prechtl
- Akimitsu Narita
- Klaus Müllen
- Kamal Asadi
- Mischa Bonn
- Mathias Kläui
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