• 文献标题:   Aspects of electron transport in zigzag graphene nanoribbons
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   BHALLA P, PRATAP S
  • 作者关键词:   graphene, zigzag graphene nanoribbon, transport
  • 出版物名称:   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MODERN PHYSICS B
  • ISSN:   0217-9792 EI 1793-6578
  • 通讯作者地址:   Phys Res Lab
  • 被引频次:   0
  • DOI:   10.1142/S0217979218501485
  • 出版年:   2018

▎ 摘  要

In this paper, we investigate the aspects of electron transport in the zigzag graphene nanoribbons (ZGNRs) using the nonequilibrium Green's function (NEGF) formalism. The latter is an esoteric tool in mesoscopic physics. It is used to perform an analysis of ZGNRs by considering potential well. Within this potential, the dependence of transmission coefficient, local density of states (LDOS) and electron transport properties on number of atoms per unit cell is discussed. It is observed that there is an increment in electron and thermal conductance with increasing number of atoms. In addition to these properties, the dependence of same is also studied in figure of merit. The results infer that the contribution of electrons to enhance the figure of merit is important above the crossover temperature.