• 文献标题:   Numerical investigation of the effect of substrate surface roughness on the performance of zigzag graphene nano-ribbon field effect transistors symmetrically doped with BN
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   SANAEEPUR M, GOHARRIZI AY, SHARIFI MJ
  • 作者关键词:   boron nitride, nonequilibrium greens function negf, on/offcurrent ratio, substrate roughnes, zigzag graphene nanoribbon field effect transistor zgnrfet
  • 出版物名称:   BEILSTEIN JOURNAL OF NANOTECHNOLOGY
  • ISSN:   2190-4286
  • 通讯作者地址:   Shahid Beheshti Univ
  • 被引频次:   3
  • DOI:   10.3762/bjnano.5.168
  • 出版年:   2014

▎ 摘  要

The performance of field effect transistors comprised of a zigzag graphene nanoribbon that is symmetrically doped with boron nitride (BN) as a channel material, is numerically studied for the first time. The device merit for digital applications is investigated in terms of the on-, the off- and the on/off-current ratio. Due to the strong effect of the substrate roughness on the performance of graphene devices, three common substrate materials (SiO2, BN and mica) are examined. Rough surfaces are generated by means of a Gaussian auto-correlation function. Electronic transport simulations are performed in the framework of tight-binding Hamiltonian and non-equilibrium Green's function (NEGF) formalisms. The results show that with an appropriate selection of the substrate material, the proposed devices can meet the on/off-current ratio required for future digital electronics.