• 文献标题:   Spin Filter of Graphene Nanoribbon Based Structure
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   WAN LH, YU YJ, WANG B
  • 作者关键词:  
  • 出版物名称:   CHINESE PHYSICS LETTERS
  • ISSN:   0256-307X
  • 通讯作者地址:   Shenzhen Univ
  • 被引频次:   3
  • DOI:   10.1088/0256-307X/27/8/087205
  • 出版年:   2010

▎ 摘  要

Spin-dependent transport properties of the zigzag graphene nano-ribbon (zGNR) based structure Al-zGNR-Al are investigated by ab initio technique where density functional calculation is carried out within the Keldysh non-equilibrium Green's function formalism. The energy band structure of the infinite zigzag ribbon is sensitive to the dangling bonds of carbon atoms on both edge sides. For the three-circle-width zigzag ribbon with one edge monohydrogenated and the other edge dihydrogenated (zGNR(H-H2)), strongly spin-polarized energy bands are found. A spin-down branch is obtained just below the Fermi level while a spin up band appears above it. For the structure Al-zGNR(H-H2)-Al, where three-circle-width and seven-circle-length (3 x 7) zGNR(H-H2) is coupled by two (100) aluminium electrodes, an obvious spin filter property is found as the bias voltage changes. When the length of the sandwiched zGNR(H-H2) ribbon increases, the spin-up current is strongly restrained especially under higher bias voltage.