• 文献标题:   Out-of-plane strain and electric field tunable electronic properties and Schottky contact of graphene/antimonene heterostructure
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   PHUC HV, HIEU NN, HOI BD, PHUONG LTT, HIEU NV, NGUYEN CV
  • 作者关键词:   graphene, antimonene, dft calculation, schottky contact
  • 出版物名称:   SUPERLATTICES MICROSTRUCTURES
  • ISSN:   0749-6036
  • 通讯作者地址:   Le Quy Don Tech Univ
  • 被引频次:   11
  • DOI:   10.1016/j.spmi.2017.10.011
  • 出版年:   2017

▎ 摘  要

In this paper, the electronic properties of graphene/monolayer antimonene (G/m-Sb) heterostructure have been studied using the density functional theory (DFT). The effects of out-of-plane strain (interlayer coupling) and electric field on the electronic properties and Schottky contact of the G/m-Sb heterostructure are also investigated. The results show that graphene is bound to m-Sb layer by a weak van-der-Waals interaction with the interlayer distance of 3.50 angstrom and the binding energy per carbon atom of -39.62 meV. We find that the n-type Schottky contact is formed at the G/m-Sb heterostructure with the Schottky barrier height (SBH) of 0.60 eV. By varying the interlayer distance between graphene and the m-Sb layer we can change the n-type and p-type SBH at the G/m-Sb heterostructure. Especially, we find the transformation from n-type to p-type Schottky contact with decreasing the interlayer distance. Furthermore, the SBH and the Schottky contact could be controlled by applying the perpendicular electric field. With the positive electric field, electrons can easily transfer from m-Sb to graphene layer, leading to the transition from n-type to p-type Schottky contact. (C) 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.