• 文献标题:   Lanthanide complexes as molecular dopants for realizing air-stable n-type graphene logic inverters with symmetric transconductance
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   GAJARUSHI AS, WASIM M, NABI R, KANCHARLAPALLI S, RAO VR, RAJARAMAN G, SUBRAMANIAM C, SHANMUGAM M
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  • 出版物名称:   MATERIALS HORIZONS
  • ISSN:   2051-6347 EI 2051-6355
  • 通讯作者地址:   Indian Inst Technol
  • 被引频次:   2
  • DOI:   10.1039/c8mh01241e
  • 出版年:   2019

▎ 摘  要

An unprecedented air-stable, n-doped graphene field-effect transistor (GFET) with exceptionally enhanced mobility (500%), and concomitantly increased current density (approximate to 10(5) A cm(-2)), using lanthanide macrocyclic complexes [Ln(L-1)(NO3)(3)] (where Ln = La (1) or Ce (2)) is demonstrated. Such n-doped GFETs (n-GFETs) exhibit ambient stability for up to 7200 h, attributed to the inherent robustness of 1 and 2. Achieving stable and symmetric n-GFETs is mutually exclusive and elusive, underlining the significance of both high stability and symmetric electron- and hole-currents illustrated here. Interestingly, the influence of C-H interaction for the non-covalent charge-transfer between the dopant and GFET is established experimentally for the first time and strongly corroborated through computational investigations. Besides stabilizing n-doped GFETs, the C-H interaction unravels a previously unknown direction for electronic tuning of graphene. Importantly, spatial selectivity is achieved through sub-monolayer coverage (0.5-3.0 molecules per m(2)) of the dopants using the femtojet dispensing route. This approach is synergistically combined with the air-stability of n-GFETs to realise complementary, bottom-gated logic inverters exhibiting the highest gain of 0.275 (at 2 V) and lowest power dissipation (approximate to 30 W), to realise next-generation molecular electronic devices.