• 文献标题:   Charge Transport in Pentacene-Graphene Nanojunctions
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   PSHENICHNYUK IA, COTO PB, LEITHERER S, THOSS M
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  • 出版物名称:   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS
  • ISSN:   1948-7185
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Erlangen Nurnberg
  • 被引频次:   36
  • DOI:   10.1021/jz400025q
  • 出版年:   2013

▎ 摘  要

We investigate charge transport in pentacene-graphene nanojunctions employing density functional theory (DFT) electronic structure calculations and the Landauer transport formalism. The results show that the unique electronic properties of graphene strongly influence the transport in the nanojunctions. In particular, edge states in graphene electrodes with zigzag termination result in additional transport channels close to the Fermi energy, which deeply affects the conductance at small bias voltages. Investigating different linker groups as well as chemical substitution, we demonstrate how the transport properties are furthermore influenced by the molecule lead coupling and the energy level lineup.