• 文献标题:   Electron Transport in Multidimensional Fuzzy Graphene Nanostructures
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   GARG R, GOPALAN DP, DE LA BARRERA SC, HAFIZ H, NUHFER NT, VISWANATHAN V, HUNT BM, COHENKARNI T
  • 作者关键词:   3d graphene nanostructure, variablerange hopping, electron transport, magnetoresistance
  • 出版物名称:   NANO LETTERS
  • ISSN:   1530-6984 EI 1530-6992
  • 通讯作者地址:   Carnegie Mellon Univ
  • 被引频次:   5
  • DOI:   10.1021/acs.nanolett.9b01790
  • 出版年:   2019

▎ 摘  要

Atomically thin two-dimensional (2D) materials offer a range of superlative electronic and electrochemical properties that facilitate applications in sensing, energy conversion, and storage. Graphene, a 2D allotrope of carbon, has exceptional surface area per unit mass and highly catalytic edges. To leverage these properties, efforts have been made to synthesize complex three-dimensional (3D) geometries of graphene, with an eye toward integration into functional electronic devices. However, the electronic transport properties of such complex 3D structures are not well understood at a microscopic level. Here, we report electron transport in a 3D arrangement of free-standing 2D graphene flakes along an isolated one-dimensional Si nanowire. We show that transport through the free-standing graphene network is dominated by variable-range hopping and leads to negative magnetoresistance, from cryogenic conditions up to room temperature. Our findings lay the foundation for studying transport mechanisms in 2D material-based multidimensional nanostructures.