Self-consistent charge density functional tight-binding (DFTB) calculations have been performed to investigate the electrical properties and transport behavior of asymmetric graphene devices (AGDs). Three different nanodevices constructed of different necks of 8 nm, 6 nm and 4 nm, named Graphene-N8, Graphene-N6 and Graphene-N4, respectively, have been proposed. All devices have been tested under two conditions of zero gate voltage and an applied gate voltage of +20 V using a dielectric medium of 3.9 epsilon interposed between the graphene and the metallic gate. As expected, the results of AGD diodes exhibited strong asymmetric I(V) characteristic curves in good agreement with the available experimental data. Our predictions implied that Graphene-N4 would achieve great asymmetry (A) of 1.40 at |VDS| = 0.2 V with maximum transmittance (T) of 6.72 in the energy range 1.30 eV. More importantly, while the A of Graphene-N4 was slightly changed by applying the gate voltage, Graphene-N6/Graphene-N8 showed a significant effect with their A increased from 1.20/1.03 under no gate voltage (NGV) to 1.30/1.16 under gate voltage (WGV) conditions. Our results open up unprecedented numerical prospects for designing tailored geometric diodes.

Towards graphene-based asymmetric diodes: a density functional tight-binding study / Mohebbi, Elaheh; Pavoni, Eleonora; Pierantoni, Luca; Stipa, Pierluigi; Hemmetter, Andreas; Laudadio, Emiliano; Mencarelli, Davide. - In: NANOSCALE ADVANCES. - ISSN 2516-0230. - ELETTRONICO. - 6:5(2024), pp. 1548-1555. [10.1039/D3NA00603D]

Towards graphene-based asymmetric diodes: a density functional tight-binding study

Mohebbi, Elaheh
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Pavoni, Eleonora;Pierantoni, Luca;Stipa, Pierluigi;Laudadio, Emiliano
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Mencarelli, Davide
2024-01-01

Abstract

Self-consistent charge density functional tight-binding (DFTB) calculations have been performed to investigate the electrical properties and transport behavior of asymmetric graphene devices (AGDs). Three different nanodevices constructed of different necks of 8 nm, 6 nm and 4 nm, named Graphene-N8, Graphene-N6 and Graphene-N4, respectively, have been proposed. All devices have been tested under two conditions of zero gate voltage and an applied gate voltage of +20 V using a dielectric medium of 3.9 epsilon interposed between the graphene and the metallic gate. As expected, the results of AGD diodes exhibited strong asymmetric I(V) characteristic curves in good agreement with the available experimental data. Our predictions implied that Graphene-N4 would achieve great asymmetry (A) of 1.40 at |VDS| = 0.2 V with maximum transmittance (T) of 6.72 in the energy range 1.30 eV. More importantly, while the A of Graphene-N4 was slightly changed by applying the gate voltage, Graphene-N6/Graphene-N8 showed a significant effect with their A increased from 1.20/1.03 under no gate voltage (NGV) to 1.30/1.16 under gate voltage (WGV) conditions. Our results open up unprecedented numerical prospects for designing tailored geometric diodes.
2024
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