• 文献标题:   Half-metallic properties, single-spin negative differential resistance, and large single-spin Seebeck effects induced by chemical doping in zigzag-edged graphene nanoribbons
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   YANG XF, ZHOU WQ, HONG XK, LIU YS, WANG XF, FENG JF
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  • 出版物名称:   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS
  • ISSN:   0021-9606 EI 1089-7690
  • 通讯作者地址:   Changshu Inst Technol
  • 被引频次:   25
  • DOI:   10.1063/1.4904295
  • 出版年:   2015

▎ 摘  要

Ab initio calculations combining density-functional theory and nonequilibrium Green's function are performed to investigate the effects of either single B atom or single N atom dopant in zigzag-edged graphene nanoribbons (ZGNRs) with the ferromagnetic state on the spin-dependent transport properties and thermospin performances. A spin-up (spin-down) localized state near the Fermi level can be induced by these dopants, resulting in a half-metallic property with 100% negative (positive) spin polarization at the Fermi level due to the destructive quantum interference effects. In addition, the highly spin-polarized electric current in the low bias-voltage regime and single-spin negative differential resistance in the high bias-voltage regime are also observed in these doped ZGNRs. Moreover, the large spin-up (spin-down) Seebeck coefficient and the very weak spin-down (spin-up) Seebeck effect of the B(N)-doped ZGNRs near the Fermi level are simultaneously achieved, indicating that the spin Seebeck effect is comparable to the corresponding charge Seebeck effect. (C) 2015 AIP Publishing LLC.