Journal
ACS APPLIED ELECTRONIC MATERIALS
Volume 5, Issue 3, Pages 1853-1858Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acsaelm.3c00072
Keywords
carbon nanotubes; conjugated polymers; electronic structure; carrier mobility; first-principles
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In this study, the transport properties of common groups (-CH3, -C6H5, -NH2, -OH) adsorbed on (7, 0)-CNT were systematically investigated using first-principles calculations. The results show that the adsorption of surface groups results in impurity states near the Fermi level, which limits the electrical transport properties and reduces the carrier mobility of CNTs. This research provides a valuable theoretical foundation for the fabrication of high-performance carbon-based sensor devices.
Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have attracted much attention due to their unique electronic structures and transport properties for the application of carbon-based sensor components. It is doubtful in experiments that if the adsorbates, such as the groups of conjugated polymers, hinder the performance of transport on CNTs. Here, we systemically studied the transport properties of common groups (-CH3, -C6H5, -NH2, -OH) adsorbed on (7, 0)-CNT by first-principles calculations. Our results show that the adsorption of surface groups will lead to different impurity states near the Fermi level. The localized electrons at the Fermi level limit the electrical transport properties of CNTs. The electron transport capacity of CNTs becomes weaker with increase in the impurity concentration and the carrier mobility becomes lower. Our research provides an instructive theoretical foundation for fabricating high-performance carbon-based sensor devices.
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