• 文献标题:   The Effects of Negative Differential Resistance, Bipolar Spin-Filtering, and Spin-Rectifying on Step-Like Zigzag Graphene Nanoribbons Heterojunctions with Single or Double Edge-Saturated Hydrogen
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   WANG LH, ZHAO JG, DING BJ, GUO Y
  • 作者关键词:   graphene, density functional theory, nonequilibrium green s function, heterojunction, negative differential resistance
  • 出版物名称:   JOURNAL OF ELECTRONIC MATERIALS
  • ISSN:   0361-5235 EI 1543-186X
  • 通讯作者地址:   Shanxi Datong Univ
  • 被引频次:   1
  • DOI:   10.1007/s11664-016-4931-5
  • 出版年:   2017

▎ 摘  要

In this study, we investigated the spin-resolved transport aspects of step-like zigzag graphene ribbons (ZGNRs) with single or double edge-saturated hydrogen using a method that combined the density functional theory with the nonequilibrium Green's function method under the local spin density approximation. We found that, when the ZGNR-based heterojunctions were in a parallel or antiparallel layout, negative differential resistance, the maximum bipolar spin-filtering, and spin-rectifying effects occurred synchronously except for the case of spin-down electrons in the parallel magnetic layouts. Interestingly, these spin-resolved transport properties were almost unaffected by altering the widths of the two component ribbons. Therefore, step-like ZGNR heterojunctions are promising for use in designing high-performance multifunctional spintronic devices.