• 文献标题:   Band structure engineering and transport properties of graphene/BN van der Waals heterostructures
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   GAO YF, XU L, LI AL, OUYANG FP
  • 作者关键词:   graphene, bn heterostructure, band structure, halfmetallicity, transport property
  • 出版物名称:   RESULTS IN PHYSICS
  • ISSN:   2211-3797
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  • 被引频次:   0
  • DOI:   10.1016/j.rinp.2023.106315 EA MAR 2023
  • 出版年:   2023

▎ 摘  要

It is an important topic in spintronics to find regulable half-metallic materials. In this work, by using density functional theory and nonequilibrium Green's functional method, we find that the van der Waals hetero-structures formed by zigzag-edged boron nitride nanoribbons and zigzag-edged graphene nanoribbons (ZGNRs) are spin splitting semiconductors. The energy band gap of the heterostructures can be regulated by applying a local voltage and the semiconductor-metal-semiconductor phase transition can be realized. Two spin-dependent transport devices are constructed based on the heterostructures. One device can generate a fully spin-polarized current within a small bias range, and the other device can generate high spin polarization within a large bias range. Moreover, based on zigzag-edged graphene/boron nitride nanoribbon (ZGBNNR) heterostructures, a dual -probe device with double vertical gates in the electrode regions is designed, which can form a metal--semiconductor-metal tunneling device. These findings indicate that ZGBNNRs can be used in excellent spin-tronic devices.