• 文献标题:   Electrochemical Control of Charge Current Flow in Nanoporous Graphene
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   ALCON I, CALOGERO G, PAPIOR N, BRANDBYGE M
  • 作者关键词:   density functional theory, electrochemical, engineering, graphene nanoribbon, nanoporous graphene, quantum transport, spin filtering
  • 出版物名称:   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS
  • ISSN:   1616-301X EI 1616-3028
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  • 被引频次:   5
  • DOI:   10.1002/adfm.202104031 EA JUL 2021
  • 出版年:   2021

▎ 摘  要

During the last decade, on-surface fabricated graphene nanoribbons (GNRs) have gathered enormous attention due to their semiconducting pi-conjugated nature and atomically precise structure. A significant breakthrough is the recent fabrication of nanoporous graphene (NPG) as a 2D array of laterally bonded GNRs. This covalent integration of GNRs could enable complex electronic functionality at the nanoscale; however, for that, it is crucial to externally control the electronic coupling between GNRs within NPGs, which, to date, has not been possible. Using quantum chemical calculations and large-scale transport simulations, this study demonstrates that such control is enabled in a newly designed quinone-NPG (q-NPG) thanks to its GNRs inter-connections based on electroactive para-benzoquinone units. As a result, the spatial distribution of injected currents in q-NPG may be tuned, with sub-nanometer precision, via the application of external electrostatic gates and electrochemical means. These results thus provide a fundamental strategy to design organic nanodevices with built-in externally tunable electronics and spintronics, which is key for future applications such as bio-chemical nanosensing and carbon nanoelectronics.