We report on an improved metal-graphene ohmic contact in bilayer epitaxial graphene on a SiC substrate with contact resistance below 0.1 Ω.mm. Monolayer and bilayer epitaxial graphenes are prepared on a 4HoSiC substr...We report on an improved metal-graphene ohmic contact in bilayer epitaxial graphene on a SiC substrate with contact resistance below 0.1 Ω.mm. Monolayer and bilayer epitaxial graphenes are prepared on a 4HoSiC substrate in this work. Their contact resistances are measured by a transfer length method. An improved photoresist-free device fabrication method is used and is compared with the conventional device fabrication method. Compared with the monolayer graphene, the contact resistance Rc of bilayer graphene improves from an average of 0.24Ω·mm to 0. 1 Ωmm. Ohmic contact formation mechanism analysis by Landauer＇s approach reveals that the obtained low ohmic contact resistance in bilayer epitaxial graphene is due to their high carrier density high carrier transmission probability, and p-type doping introduced by contact metal Au.展开更多
With the packing density growing continuously in integrated electronic devices,sufficient heat dissipation becomes a serious challenge.Recently,dielectric materials with high thermal conductivity have brought insight ...With the packing density growing continuously in integrated electronic devices,sufficient heat dissipation becomes a serious challenge.Recently,dielectric materials with high thermal conductivity have brought insight into effective dissipation of waste heat in electronic devices to prevent them from overheating and guarantee the performance stability.Layered CrOCl,an antiferromagnetic insulator with low-symmetry crystal structure and atomic level flatness,might be a promising solution to the thermal challenge.Herein,we have systematically studied the thermal transport of suspended few-layer CrOCl flakes by microRaman thermometry.The CrOCl flakes exhibit high thermal conductivities along zigzag direction,from~392±33 to~1,017±46 W·m^(−1)·K^(−1) with flake thickness from 2 to 50 nm.Besides,pronounced thickness-dependent thermal conductivity ratio(/from~2.8±0.24 to~4.3±0.25)has been observed in the CrOCl flakes,attributed to the discrepancy of phonon dispersion and phonon surface scattering.As a demonstration to the heat sink application of layered CrOCl,we then investigate the energy dissipation in graphene devices on CrOCl,SiO_(2) and hexagonal boron nitride(h-BN)substrates,respectively.The graphene device temperature rise on CrOCl is only 15.4%of that on SiO_(2) and 30%on h-BN upon the same electric power density,indicating the efficient heat dissipation of graphene device on CrOCl.Our study provides new insights into two-dimentional(2D)dielectric material with high thermal conductivity and strong anisotropy for the application of thermal management in electronic devices.展开更多
The booming developments in portable and wearable electronics promote the design of flexible energy storage systems. Flexible supercapacitors and batteries as promising energy storage devices have attracted tremendous...The booming developments in portable and wearable electronics promote the design of flexible energy storage systems. Flexible supercapacitors and batteries as promising energy storage devices have attracted tremendous attention. As the key component of both supercapacitors and batteries, electrode materials with excellent flexibility should be considered to match with highly flexible energy storage devices. Owing to large surface area, good thermal and chemical stability, high conductivity and mechanical flexibility,graphene-based materials have been widely employed to serve as promising electrodes of flexible energy storage devices. Considerable efforts have been devoted to the fabrication of flexible graphene-based electrodes through a variety of strategies. Moreover, different configurations of energy storage devices based on these active materials are designed. This review highlights flexible graphene-based two-dimensional film and one-dimensional fiber supercapacitors and various batteries including lithium-ion, lithium–sulfur and other batteries. The challenges and promising perspectives of the graphene-based materials for flexible energy storage devices are also discussed.展开更多
We investigate the electronic transport properties of dipyrimidinyl-diphenyl sandwiched between two armchair graphene nanoribbon electrodes using the nonequilibrium Green function formalism combined with a first-princ...We investigate the electronic transport properties of dipyrimidinyl-diphenyl sandwiched between two armchair graphene nanoribbon electrodes using the nonequilibrium Green function formalism combined with a first-principles method based on density functional theory. Among the three models M1–M3, M1 is not doped with a heteroatom. In the left parts of M2 and M3, nitrogen atoms are doped at two edges of the nanoribbon. In the right parts, nitrogen atoms are doped at one center and at the edges of M2 and M3, respectively. Comparisons of M1, M2 and M3 show obvious rectifying characteristics, and the maximum rectification ratios are up to 42.9 in M2. The results show that the rectifying behavior is strongly dependent on the doping position of electrodes. A higher rectification ratio can be found in the dipyrimidinyl-diphenyl molecular device with asymmetric doping of left and right electrodes, which suggests that this system has a broader application in future logic and memory devices.展开更多
In recent years, flexible electronic devices have become a hot topic of scientific research. These flexible devices are the basis of flexible circuits, flexible batteries, flexible displays and electronic skins. Graph...In recent years, flexible electronic devices have become a hot topic of scientific research. These flexible devices are the basis of flexible circuits, flexible batteries, flexible displays and electronic skins. Graphene-based materials are very promising for flexible electronic devices, due to their high mobility, high elasticity, a tunable band gap, quantum electronic transport and high mechanical strength. In this article, we review the recent progress of the fabrication process and the applications of graphene-based electronic devices, including thermal acoustic devices, thermal rectifiers, graphene-based nanogenerators, pressure sensors and graphene-based light-emitting diodes. In summary, although there are still a lot of challenges needing to be solved, graphene-based materials are very promising for various flexible device applications in the future.展开更多
Chemically derived and noncovalently functionalized graphene sheets(GS)were found to self-assemble onto patterned gold structures via electrostatic interactions between the functional groups and the gold surfaces.This...Chemically derived and noncovalently functionalized graphene sheets(GS)were found to self-assemble onto patterned gold structures via electrostatic interactions between the functional groups and the gold surfaces.This afforded regular arrays of single graphene sheets on large substrates,which were characterized by scanning electron microscopy(SEM),Auger microscopy imaging,and Raman spectroscopy.This represents the fi rst time that self-assembly has been used to produce on-substrate and fully-suspended graphene electrical devices.Molecular coatings on the GS were removed by high current“electrical annealing”,which restored the high electrical conductance and Dirac point of the GS.Molecular sensors for highly sensitive gas detection using the self-assembled GS devices are demonstrated.展开更多
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No 61306006
文摘We report on an improved metal-graphene ohmic contact in bilayer epitaxial graphene on a SiC substrate with contact resistance below 0.1 Ω.mm. Monolayer and bilayer epitaxial graphenes are prepared on a 4HoSiC substrate in this work. Their contact resistances are measured by a transfer length method. An improved photoresist-free device fabrication method is used and is compared with the conventional device fabrication method. Compared with the monolayer graphene, the contact resistance Rc of bilayer graphene improves from an average of 0.24Ω·mm to 0. 1 Ωmm. Ohmic contact formation mechanism analysis by Landauer＇s approach reveals that the obtained low ohmic contact resistance in bilayer epitaxial graphene is due to their high carrier density high carrier transmission probability, and p-type doping introduced by contact metal Au.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.11874423).
文摘With the packing density growing continuously in integrated electronic devices,sufficient heat dissipation becomes a serious challenge.Recently,dielectric materials with high thermal conductivity have brought insight into effective dissipation of waste heat in electronic devices to prevent them from overheating and guarantee the performance stability.Layered CrOCl,an antiferromagnetic insulator with low-symmetry crystal structure and atomic level flatness,might be a promising solution to the thermal challenge.Herein,we have systematically studied the thermal transport of suspended few-layer CrOCl flakes by microRaman thermometry.The CrOCl flakes exhibit high thermal conductivities along zigzag direction,from~392±33 to~1,017±46 W·m^(−1)·K^(−1) with flake thickness from 2 to 50 nm.Besides,pronounced thickness-dependent thermal conductivity ratio(/from~2.8±0.24 to~4.3±0.25)has been observed in the CrOCl flakes,attributed to the discrepancy of phonon dispersion and phonon surface scattering.As a demonstration to the heat sink application of layered CrOCl,we then investigate the energy dissipation in graphene devices on CrOCl,SiO_(2) and hexagonal boron nitride(h-BN)substrates,respectively.The graphene device temperature rise on CrOCl is only 15.4%of that on SiO_(2) and 30%on h-BN upon the same electric power density,indicating the efficient heat dissipation of graphene device on CrOCl.Our study provides new insights into two-dimentional(2D)dielectric material with high thermal conductivity and strong anisotropy for the application of thermal management in electronic devices.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(21573116 and 21231005)Ministry of Education of China(B12015 and IRT13R30)Tianjin Basic and High-Tech Development(15JCYBJC17300)
文摘The booming developments in portable and wearable electronics promote the design of flexible energy storage systems. Flexible supercapacitors and batteries as promising energy storage devices have attracted tremendous attention. As the key component of both supercapacitors and batteries, electrode materials with excellent flexibility should be considered to match with highly flexible energy storage devices. Owing to large surface area, good thermal and chemical stability, high conductivity and mechanical flexibility,graphene-based materials have been widely employed to serve as promising electrodes of flexible energy storage devices. Considerable efforts have been devoted to the fabrication of flexible graphene-based electrodes through a variety of strategies. Moreover, different configurations of energy storage devices based on these active materials are designed. This review highlights flexible graphene-based two-dimensional film and one-dimensional fiber supercapacitors and various batteries including lithium-ion, lithium–sulfur and other batteries. The challenges and promising perspectives of the graphene-based materials for flexible energy storage devices are also discussed.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant Nos 11504283 and 21503153the Natural Science Foundation of Shaanxi Province under Grant No 2014JM1025the Science and Technology Star Project of Shaanxi Province under Grant No 2016KJXX-45
文摘We investigate the electronic transport properties of dipyrimidinyl-diphenyl sandwiched between two armchair graphene nanoribbon electrodes using the nonequilibrium Green function formalism combined with a first-principles method based on density functional theory. Among the three models M1–M3, M1 is not doped with a heteroatom. In the left parts of M2 and M3, nitrogen atoms are doped at two edges of the nanoribbon. In the right parts, nitrogen atoms are doped at one center and at the edges of M2 and M3, respectively. Comparisons of M1, M2 and M3 show obvious rectifying characteristics, and the maximum rectification ratios are up to 42.9 in M2. The results show that the rectifying behavior is strongly dependent on the doping position of electrodes. A higher rectification ratio can be found in the dipyrimidinyl-diphenyl molecular device with asymmetric doping of left and right electrodes, which suggests that this system has a broader application in future logic and memory devices.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.60936002,61025021,61434001,61574083)the State Key Development Program for Basic Research of China(No.2015CB352100)+3 种基金the National Key Project of Science and Technology(No.2011ZX02403-002)the Special Fund for Agroscientific Research in the Public Interest of China(No.201303107)supported by the Postdoctoral Fellowship(PDF)Program of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council(NSERC)of CanadaChina’s Postdoctoral Science Foundation(CPSF)
文摘In recent years, flexible electronic devices have become a hot topic of scientific research. These flexible devices are the basis of flexible circuits, flexible batteries, flexible displays and electronic skins. Graphene-based materials are very promising for flexible electronic devices, due to their high mobility, high elasticity, a tunable band gap, quantum electronic transport and high mechanical strength. In this article, we review the recent progress of the fabrication process and the applications of graphene-based electronic devices, including thermal acoustic devices, thermal rectifiers, graphene-based nanogenerators, pressure sensors and graphene-based light-emitting diodes. In summary, although there are still a lot of challenges needing to be solved, graphene-based materials are very promising for various flexible device applications in the future.
文摘Chemically derived and noncovalently functionalized graphene sheets(GS)were found to self-assemble onto patterned gold structures via electrostatic interactions between the functional groups and the gold surfaces.This afforded regular arrays of single graphene sheets on large substrates,which were characterized by scanning electron microscopy(SEM),Auger microscopy imaging,and Raman spectroscopy.This represents the fi rst time that self-assembly has been used to produce on-substrate and fully-suspended graphene electrical devices.Molecular coatings on the GS were removed by high current“electrical annealing”,which restored the high electrical conductance and Dirac point of the GS.Molecular sensors for highly sensitive gas detection using the self-assembled GS devices are demonstrated.
