Theoretical predictions of size-dependent carrier mobility and polarity in graphene.
First-principles density functional theory coupled with deformation potential calculations indicate a strong width-dependent carrier mobility: for an armchair graphene ribbon whose width (i.e., number of carbons along the edge) is N = 3k, the room-temperature electron mobility is calculated to be approximately 10(6) cm(2) V(-1) s(-1) and the hole mobility approximately 10(4) cm(2) V(-1) s(-1), while for N = 3k + 1 or 3k + 2, the hole mobility is calculated to be 4-8 x 10(5) cm(2) V(-1) s(-1) and the electron mobility approximately 10(4) cm(2) V(-1) s(-1). Such alternating behavior is absent in zigzag-type graphene.
Long
Meng-Qiu
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Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, PR China.
Tang
Ling
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Wang
Dong
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Wang
Linjun
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Shuai
Zhigang
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