• 文献标题:   Quantum transport of tunnel field effect transistors based on bilayer-graphene nanoribbon heterostructures
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   SHOKRI A, ESRAFILIAN M, SALAMI N
  • 作者关键词:   singlelayer graphene, bilayer graphene, transport propertie, green s function, tunneling fieldeffect transistors tfet
  • 出版物名称:   PHYSICA ELOWDIMENSIONAL SYSTEMS NANOSTRUCTURES
  • ISSN:   1386-9477 EI 1873-1759
  • 通讯作者地址:   Islamic Azad Univ
  • 被引频次:   1
  • DOI:   10.1016/j.physe.2019.113908
  • 出版年:   2020

▎ 摘  要

We examine quantum transport properties of a graphene system with several different configurations, which the scatter region and two semi-infinite electrodes are represented by single-layer graphene nanoribbons (SGNR) and bilayer graphene nanoribbons (BGNR) with zigzag edge and armchair edge, geometrically known as a GNR field-effect transistor (GNR-FET). Here, the SGNR/BGNR/SGNR (C2 and C3) and BGNR/SGNR/BGNR (C4) configurations are introduced. The transmission process is the vertical tunneling for the configuration based on C3 heterojunction, while in other configurations should be mostly in-plane, that occurs vertically in the device. The calculations are based on the recursive Green's function theory within the tight-binding method in the coherent regime. Here, we aim to design high performance ternary by using GNR tunneling field-effect transistors (GNR-TFET). Our numerical results show a metal-semiconductor transition in the SGNR/BGNR heterostructure with sizeable band gap value due to a vertical hopping between the both layers in the BGNR device. Also, the strong configuration-dependent Van Hove singularities appear at different energies in the semi-one-dimension TFET. The findings show that the C1 and C3 configurations deliver the largest and the smallest current up to about 1.4 V among four configurations. Moreover, the gate voltage can control and modulate the C3 configuration more than the others with the ON-current modulated effectively. The value of threshold voltage depends significantly on the vertical hopping parameter for the C3 configuration of the nanoribbon with width of N-a = 14. By controlling the geometrical parameters of the system, the ON-OFF current ratio can be tuned. Our numerical results may serve as a base in designing electronic devices based on graphene structure.