• 文献标题:   Enhanced Seebeck effect in graphene devices by strain and doping engineering
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   NGUYEN MC, NGUYEN VH, NGUYEN HV, SAINTMARTIN J, DOLLFUS P
  • 作者关键词:   graphene, deformation, thermoelectric effect
  • 出版物名称:   PHYSICA ELOWDIMENSIONAL SYSTEMS NANOSTRUCTURES
  • ISSN:   1386-9477 EI 1873-1759
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Paris 11
  • 被引频次:   12
  • DOI:   10.1016/j.physe.2015.05.020
  • 出版年:   2015

▎ 摘  要

In this work, we investigate the possibility of enhancing the thermoelectric power (Seebeck coefficient) in graphene devices by strain and doping engineering. While a local strain can result in the misalignment of Dirac cones of different graphene sections in the k-space, doping engineering leads to their displacement in energy. By combining these two effects, we demonstrate that a conduction gap as large as a few hundred mieV can be achieved and hence the enhanced Seebeck coefficient can reach a value higher than 1.4 mV/K in graphene doped heterojunctions with a locally strained area. Such hetero-channels appear to be very promising for enlarging the applications of graphene devices as in strain and thermal sensors. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.