• 文献标题:   Diffusive Thermoelectric Power in Highly Asymmetric Bilayer Graphene Nanoribbons
  • 文献类型:   Article, Proceedings Paper
  • 作  者:   BHATTACHARYA S, MALLIK RC
  • 作者关键词:   bilayer graphene nanoribbon, thermoelectric power, phonon scattering
  • 出版物名称:   JOURNAL OF ELECTRONIC MATERIALS
  • ISSN:   0361-5235 EI 1543-186X
  • 通讯作者地址:   Indian Inst Sci
  • 被引频次:   0
  • DOI:   10.1007/s11664-011-1585-1
  • 出版年:   2011

▎ 摘  要

We present a simplified theoretical analysis of diffusive thermoelectric power (TEP) in a highly asymmetric bilayer graphene nanoribbon (BGN) within the framework of the tight binding formalism. BGN possesses two sets of subbands, the upper and the lower. We have shown that, for a highly asymmetric BGN (Delta = gamma, where Delta and gamma are the gap and interlayer coupling constant, respectively), the density of states in the lower set of subbands increases compared with the upper. The effect of ribbon width on the TEP under the aforementioned phonon scattering regime has also been quantitatively shown. The TEP exhibits an oscillatory dependence on ribbon width. Reflection coefficients of the carriers in both the upper and lower subbands have been treated in detail. Results of the ballistic formalism have been obtained as a special case in the present analyses under certain limiting conditions, forming an indirect validation of our theoretical formulations.