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Combining non-equilibrium Green’s function with density functional theory, we study the electronic transport properties of the molecular devices comprised of 2-phenylpyridine and zigzag graphene nanoribbon (ZGNR) electrodes. The I-V characteristics and transmission coefficients under external voltage biases are analyzed, and the results show that the negative differential resistance (NDR) is effectively adjusted by the bending of ZGNR electrode, which reduces the peak voltage (Vp) and increases the peak-valley ratio (PVR) of the device. When the electrode bending angle is 15°, the PVR of device M2 is a maximum value of 12.84 and Vp is 0.1 V, which is low enough for practical applications. The transmission spectra, the density of states and the real-space scattering state distribution at Ef of device under zero bias explain that the weaker coupling between the molecules and the electrodes is caused by the bending of the ZGNR electrode, which might be responsible for the adjustability of NDR. The analysis shows that the bending of the electrode changes the electronic structure between the 2-phenylpyridine molecule and the ZGNR electrode, and then changes the wave functions overlap between them, the coupling between the molecule and the electrodes gets weaker. An external bias can induce the level to shift. The transmission coefficient for the weaker coupling between the molecules. The electrodes can fluctuate wildly from level to level, and large NDR effect under very low bias is obtained with the variation of external bias. Therefore, for highly symmetric molecular devices, the electronic transport properties can be effectively adjusted by changing the coupling between the central molecule and the electrodes. Our investigations indicate that the 2-phenylpyridine molecular device with ZGNR electrodes may have potential applications in the field of low-power dissipation molecules device.
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Keywords:
- negative differential resistance /
- electrode bending /
- non-equilibrium Green’s function /
- density functional theory
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图 1 2-苯基吡啶分子器件结构图, 图中所示θ为石墨烯电极弯折角度
Figure 1. Structure diagram of the 2-phenylpyridine molecular device, θ represented to the bending angle of the graphene electrode.
图 2 器件M1−M4的I-V特性曲线图
Figure 2. I-V characteristic curves of device M1−M4.
图 3 器件M1—M4在偏置电压为+0.1 V, +0.2 V, +0.5 V, +0.6 V, +0.8 V和+1.0 V时的透射谱图, 红色虚线为Ef能级, 蓝色线为偏压窗区间
Figure 3. Transmission spectra of M1−M4 under the bias voltage of +0.1 V, +0.2 V, +0.5 V, +0.6 V, +0.8 V and +1.0 V, the red dashed line represented to the Fermi level, the blue line represented to the bias window interval.
图 4 平衡态下(Vb = 0)器件M1—M4的透射谱图, 红色虚线为Ef能级
Figure 4. Transmission spectra of device M1−M4 under zero bias (Vb = 0), the red dotted line represented to the Fermi level.
图 5 平衡态下(Vb = 0)器件M1—M4的态密度图(a)及Ef处的实空间散射态分布图(b)
Figure 5. Density of states (a) and the real-space scattering states distribution at Ef (b) under zero bias (Vb = 0) of device M1−M4.
表 1 器件M1−M4的Ip, Iv, PVR和Vp
Table 1. Ip, Iv, PVR and Vp of devices M1−M4.
器件 Ip/μA Iv/μA PVR Vp/V 负阻特性电压区间 M1 1.73 0.83 2.08 0.6 [+0.6 V, +1.0 V] M2 1.67 0.13 12.84 0.1 [+0.1 V, +0.5 V] M3 1.60 0.31 5.16 0.2 [+0.2 V, +0.6 V] M4 0.99 0.17 5.82 0.1 [+0.1 V, +0.6 V] 
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表 2 平衡态下器件电极和中心分子在Ef处投影态密度值及其在总态密度降低值的贡献
Table 2. Projected density of states under zero bias (value and percentage in M1−M4) on electrode and 2-phenylpyridine at Ef.
器件 总态密度 ZGNR电极态密度 吡啶分子态密度 态密度降低值的贡献 原值 较M1降低值 原值 较M1降低值 原值 较M1降低值 ZGNR电极 吡啶分子 M1 1520.7666 — 1423.8923 — 96.8743 — — — M2 (M1-M2) 998.2693 522.4973 933.4124 490.4799 64.8569 32.0174 93.9% 6.12% M3 (M1-M3) 830.7494 690.0172 771.0848 652.8075 59.6646 37.2097 94.6% 5.39% M4 (M1-M4) 763.5156 757.251 702.3966 721.4957 61.119 35.7553 95.2% 4.72%
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表 3 器件M1—M4在零偏压、+0.1 V, +0.2 V, +0.6 V和+1.0 V下散射态实空间分布图, 色坐标参考图5(b)
Table 3. Real-space scattering state distribution of devices M1−M4 under zero bias, +0.1 V, +0.2 V, +0.6 V and +1.0 V, all the figures share the same color bar given in Fig. 5(b).
器件 Vb = 0 V Vb = 0.1 V Vb = 0.2 V Vb = 0.5 V(M2)
Vb = 0.6 V
(M1, M3, M4)Vb = 1.0 V M1 
M2 M3 M4
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[1] Joachim C, Gimzewski J K, Aviram A 2000 Nature 408 541
Google Scholar
[2] Shi X Q, Zheng X H, Dai Z X, Wang Y, Zeng Z 2005 J. Phys. Chem. B 109 3334
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[3] Wang S C, Lu W C, Zhao Q Z, Bernholc J 2006 Phys. Rev. B 74 195430
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[4] Guo C, Wang K, Zerah Harush E, Hamill J, Wang B, Dubi Y, Xu B Q 2016 Nat. Chem. 8 484
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[5] Ryu T, Lansac Y, Jang Y H 2017 Nano Lett. 17 4061
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[6] Lyo I W, Avouris P 1989 Science 245 1369
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[7] Kaneda M M, Messer K S, Ralainirina N, Li H, Leem C J, Gorjestani S, Woo G, Nguyen A V, Figueiredo C C, Foubert P, Schmid M C, Pink M, Winkler D G, Rausch M, Palombella V J, Kutok J, McGovern K, Frazer K A, Wu X, Karin M, Sasik R, Cohen E E W, Varner J A 2016 Nature 539 437
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[8] Long M Q, Chen K Q, Wang L L, Zou B S, Shuai Z 2007 Appl. Phys. Lett. 91 233512
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[9] Yuan S D, Wang S Y, Mei Q B, Ling Q D, Wang L H, Huang W 2014 J. Phys. Chem. C 118 617
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[10] Mathews R H, Sage J P, Sollner T C L G, Calawa S D, Chen C L, Mahoney L J, Maki P A, Molvar K M 1999 Proc. IEEE 87 596
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[11] Broekaert T P E, Brar B, van der Wagt J P A, Seabaugh A C, Morris F J, Moise T S, Beam E A, Frazier G A 1998 IEEE J. Solid-State Circuits 33 1342
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[12] Brown E R, Söderström J R, Parker C D, Mahoney L J, Molvar K M, McGill T C 1991 Appl. Phys. Lett. 58 2291
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[13] Chen J, Reed M A, Rawlett A M, Tour J M 1999 Science 286 1550
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