• 文献标题:   Density Functional Investigation of Graphene Doped with Amine-Based Organic Molecules
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   HWANG YH, CHUN HS, OK KM, LEE KK, KWAK K
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  • 出版物名称:   JOURNAL OF NANOMATERIALS
  • ISSN:   1687-4110 EI 1687-4129
  • 通讯作者地址:   Kunsan Natl Univ
  • 被引频次:   2
  • DOI:   10.1155/2015/917637
  • 出版年:   2015

▎ 摘  要

To improve the electronic properties of graphene, many doping techniques have been studied. Herein, we investigate the electronic and molecular structure of doped graphene using density functional theory, and we report the effects of amine-based benzene dopants adsorbed on graphene. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations were performed to determine the role of amine-based aromatic compounds in graphene doping. These organic molecules bind to graphene through long-range interactions such as pi-pi interactions and C-H center dot center dot center dot pi hydrogen bonding. We compared the electronic structures of pristine graphene and doped graphene to understand the electronic structure of doped graphene at the molecular level. Also, work functions of doped graphene were obtained from electrostatic potential calculations. A decrease in the work function was observed when the amine-based organic compounds were adsorbed onto graphene. Because these systems are based on physisorption, there was no obvious band structure change at point K at the Fermi level after doping. However, the amine-based organic dopants did change the absolute Fermi energy levels. In this study, we showed that the Fermi levels of the doped graphene were affected by the HOMO energy level of the dopants and by the intermolecular charge transfer between the adsorbed molecules and graphene.