• 文献标题:   Toward Cove-Edged Low Band Gap Graphene Nanoribbons
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   LIU JZ, LI BW, TAN YZ, GIANNAKOPOULOS A, SANCHEZSANCHEZ C, BELJONNE D, RUFFIEUX P, FASEL R, FENG XL, MULLEN K
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  • 出版物名称:   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY
  • ISSN:   0002-7863
  • 通讯作者地址:   Tech Univ Dresden
  • 被引频次:   124
  • DOI:   10.1021/jacs.5b03017
  • 出版年:   2015

▎ 摘  要

Graphene nanoribbons (GNRs), defined as nanometer-wide strips of graphene, have attracted increasing attention as promising candidates for next-generation semiconductors. Here, we demonstrate a bottom-up strategy toward novel low band gap GNRs (E-g = 1.70 eV) with a well-defined cove-type periphery both in solution and on a solid substrate surface with chrysene as the key monomer. Corresponding cyclized chrysene-based oligornerS consisting of the dimer and tetramer are obtained via an Ullmann Coupling followed by oxidative intramolecular cyclodehydrogenation in solution, and much higher GNR homologues via on-surface synthesis. These oligomers adopt nonplanar structures due to the isteric repulsion between the two C-H bonds at the inner cove position. Characterizations by single crystal X-ray analysis, UV-vis absorption spectroscopy, NMR spectroscopy, and scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) are described. The interpretation is assisted by density functional theory (DFT) calculations.