• 文献标题:   Enhancement of thermoelectric figure of merit in zigzag graphene nanoribbons with periodic edge vacancies
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   KOLESNIKOV DV, SADYKOVA OG, OSIPOV VA
  • 作者关键词:   graphene nanoribbon, thermoelectric, vacancie
  • 出版物名称:   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MODERN PHYSICS B
  • ISSN:   0217-9792 EI 1793-6578
  • 通讯作者地址:   Joint Inst Nucl Res
  • 被引频次:   2
  • DOI:   10.1142/S0217979217501247
  • 出版年:   2017

▎ 摘  要

The influence of periodic edge vacancies and antidot arrays on the thermoelectric properties of zigzag graphene nanoribbons (ZGNRs) are investigated. Using Green's function method, the tight-binding approximation for the electron Hamiltonian and the 4th nearest neighbor approximation for the phonon dynamical matrix, we calculate the Seebeck coefficient and the thermoelectric figure of merit. It is found that, at a certain periodic arrangement of vacancies on both edges of zigzag nanoribbon, a finite band gap opens and almost twofold degenerate energy levels appear. As a result, a marked increase in the Seebeck coefficient takes place. It is shown that an additional enhancement of the thermoelectric figure of merit can be achieved by a combination of periodic edge defects with an antidot array.