• 文献标题:   Extensive Fermi-Level Engineering for Graphene through the Interaction with Aluminum Nitrides and Oxides
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   SCIUTO A, LA MAGNA A, ANGILELLA GGN, PUCCI R, GRECO G, ROCCAFORTE F, GIANNAZZO F, DERETZIS I
  • 作者关键词:   aluminum nitride, density functional theory, doping, graphene
  • 出版物名称:   PHYSICA STATUS SOLIDIRAPID RESEARCH LETTERS
  • ISSN:   1862-6254 EI 1862-6270
  • 通讯作者地址:   CNR
  • 被引频次:   4
  • DOI:   10.1002/pssr.201900399 EA OCT 2019
  • 出版年:   2020

▎ 摘  要

Despite its structural and chemical stability, graphene is often subjected to n- or p-type doping when interacting with substrates, gate oxides, or environmental molecules. Such interaction shifts the Fermi level of the system away from the Dirac point and alters the intrinsic electronic and transport characteristics of the graphene sheet. The density functional theory is used herein to show that the Fermi level of a graphene/AlN or graphene/Al2O3 heterostructure can be extensively tuned through the polarity and surface reconstruction of either the nitride or the oxide layer. Hence, Fermi-level engineering through the manipulation of confining materials can become a viable route for enhancing the selectivity and optimizing the properties of graphene-based devices.