• 文献标题:   Parity induced edge-current saturation and current distribution in zigzag-edged graphene nano-ribbon devices
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   SOUMA S, OGAWA M, YAMAMOTO T, WATANABE K
  • 作者关键词:   quantum transport, nonequilibrium green s function, graphene nanoribbon
  • 出版物名称:   JOURNAL OF COMPUTATIONAL ELECTRONICS
  • ISSN:   1569-8025
  • 通讯作者地址:   Kobe Univ
  • 被引频次:   2
  • DOI:   10.1007/s10825-011-0352-0
  • 出版年:   2011

▎ 摘  要

We show computationally that the current-voltage characteristics of the zigzag-edged graphene nanoribbon (ZGNR) with the even width exhibit remarkable current saturation behavior in spite of the absence of the bandgap. Mechanism of such current-saturation behavior can be understood to be originated from the symmetries of the wavefunctions corresponding to the edge states in ZGNR. We further demonstrate that the current-voltage characteristics of ZGNR can be drastically changed even by the presence of a single lattice vacancy, with the strong dependence on the position of the vacancy. The origin of such properties is intuitively understood by analyzing the transmission probabilities through such systems.