含氮SW缺陷对单壁碳纳米管电子结构和光学性质的影响

应用第一性原理密度泛函理论研究了单壁碳纳米管中Stone-Wales(SW)缺陷和氮掺杂情况下的电子结构和光学性质.研究发现,含氮SW缺陷单壁碳纳米管体系的总能降低,结合更稳定,且在费米能级附近出现一条半满的杂质带,并且随着氮掺杂位置的不同,掺杂能态出现显著差异.碳管的吸收和反射明显减弱且吸收峰和反射峰在低能区发生红移现象,在能量小于11eV附近均出现杂质特征峰.本文对计算结果进行了分析研究,可望为含氮SW缺陷碳管在光电材料中的应用提供理论依据. 关键词： 单壁碳纳米管 Stone-Wales缺陷 氮掺杂 光学性质     

硼掺杂单壁碳纳米管吸附甲醛的电子结构和光学性能研究

应用基于第一性原理的密度泛函理论研究了硼原子取代掺杂的（8,0）碳纳米管吸附甲醛气体分子的束缚能、电子结构以及光吸收和反射性质.研究发现,硼原子掺杂的碳纳米管对甲醛气体具有较强的敏感性,其束缚能大大增加,电荷转移更加显著,吸收峰和反射峰增多,峰值减小,且在低能区发生蓝移现象,在能量约为172 eV处均出现一特征峰.对计算结果进行了讨论,期望利用硼掺杂碳管来制作检测甲醛的纳米传感器和光电器件. 关键词： 碳纳米管 甲醛 硼原子取代掺杂 光学性能     

模拟研究碳纳米管的热稳定性质

运用分子动力学方法具体模拟研究单个碳纳米管（CNTs）在加热过程中的结构变化．选择多组不同结构的单壁碳纳米管（SWCNTs）和双壁碳纳米管（DWCNTs）作为研究对象,加热温度从室温开始到4000 K,压强保持为1 atm．结果表明单壁碳管中手性型结构热稳定性最好,其次是扶手椅型和锯齿型,当手性角相同时,直径大的热稳定性更高;对于双壁碳管,研究表明当双壁中至少之一为手性结构时其热稳定好,而内外壁均为锯齿结构的稳定性最差,该结果进一步支持了有关单壁碳管的结论;还从理论上探索了描述结构热稳定性的方式,并在键层 关键词： 单壁碳纳米管 双壁碳纳米管 分子动力学方法 热稳定性能     

掺杂缺陷对碳纳米管导热系数的影响分析

采用非平衡态分子动力学方法模拟了含有掺杂缺陷的碳管的导热系数,分析了不同缺陷原子、缺陷浓度,环境温度、碳管手性以及长度等对导热系数的影响.结果表明,掺杂硼、氮和钾原子导致碳管整体导热系数显著下降;由于掺杂原子的影响,碳管温度在掺杂缺陷处出现间断性跳跃;对于手性不同的碳管,扶手椅型碳管对掺杂缺陷最为敏感,导热系数下降幅度...     

接枝羧基的有限长碳纳米管电子结构的第一性原理研究

基于局域密度泛函理论，采用第一性原理方法，建立了对(5,5)型和(9,0)型有限长碳纳米管接枝羧基官能团的原子模型，通过计算其电子分布和态密度的变化，讨论羧基官能团对碳纳米管电子结构和电子输运特性的影响. 计算表明，接枝羧基的碳纳米管,其电子结构明显改变，其费米能级上的电子态密度下降；最高占据轨道上的非定域程度减弱,致使电子输运性能呈下降趋势. 关键词： 碳纳米管 密度泛函理论 电子结构     

氧吸附对单壁碳纳米管的电子结构和光学性能的影响

用密度泛函理论计算了氧分子物理吸附在半导体型单壁碳纳米管的束缚能，能带结构和吸收 光谱.计算结果指出氧分子吸附在碳纳米管表面的优先位置，研究发现氧吸附对碳管的电子 输运特性和吸收光谱有着重要的影响，并对光致氧分子解吸附的现象进行了理论分析. 关键词： 单壁碳纳米管 氧物理吸附 能带结构 吸收光谱     

单壁碳纳米管电子输运特性的稳定性分析

基于变形单壁碳纳米管能量色散关系,计算了碳纳米管最低导带的电子速度及有效质量随形变系数变化的各种曲线,以此推测碳纳米管输运性质的稳定性问题.计算结果表明：对于特定类型的碳纳米管,只当其形变发生在某特定方向、且处于低形变（形变系数ε≤002 ）区时,电子平均速度v_mean及平均有效质量m^*_mean随形变改变才会很小（相对改变量≤2%）,这意味着此时的碳纳米管低偏压电子输运性能是基本稳定的.而其他形变情形,电子平均速度v_mean或电子平均有效质量m^*_mean或两者随形变变化明显,甚至有跃变,这意味着其低偏压电子输运性能是不稳定的,甚至极不稳定. 关键词： 变形单壁碳纳米管 电子速度 电子有效质量 输运性能稳定性     

硼、氮原子的掺杂对单个苯环的电子结构与传输特性的影响

采用基于密度泛涵理论的第一性原理和非平衡格林函数方法研究了硼、氮原子的掺杂对于苯环的电子结构与电子传输特性的影响.结果显示硼、氮原子的掺杂明显改变了C_(32)分子的电子结构和电子传输特性,硼原子的掺杂明显增强了苯环的电子传输特性,而氮原子的掺杂却明显降低了苯环的电子传输特性.同时分析了产生这些现象的原因.计算结果还显示随着外加偏压的增大,苯环的电子传输性能逐渐减弱.     

硼磷掺杂小直径单壁碳纳米管的第一性原理研究

利用基于密度泛函理论的第一性原理计算方法,研究了小直径锯齿形单壁碳纳米管（3,0）的硼（B）、磷（P）单个原子掺杂和B/P共掺杂效应. 计算了B、P单原子掺杂的形成能、能带结构和电子态密度,分析得出B、P掺杂（3,0）单壁碳纳米管是可行的,并且碳纳米管的导电性没有发生明显改变. 本文还计算了在不同掺杂位点,（3,0）金属性碳纳米管的形成能和能带结构,发现B/P共掺杂也是可行的,B和P趋于形成B/P对,并且B/P的掺入使（3,0）金属性碳纳米管的能带打开,由金属性变成半导体性.     

基于非平衡Green函数理论的峰值掺杂-低掺杂漏结构碳纳米管场效应晶体管输运研究

为改善碳纳米管场效应晶体管的性能,将一种峰值掺杂-低掺杂漏(HALO-LDD)掺杂结构引入碳纳米管沟道.在量子力学非平衡Green函数理论框架内,通过自洽求解Poisson方程和Schrödinger方程,构建了适用于非均匀掺杂的碳纳米管场效应管的输运模型,该模型可实现场效应晶体管的输运性质与碳纳米管手性指数的对接. 利用该模型研究了单HALO双LDD 掺杂结构对碳纳米管场效应晶体管输运特性的影响.对比分析表明,这种非均匀掺杂结构的场效应管同本征碳纳米管沟道场效应晶体管相比,具有更低的泄漏电流、更大的电流开关比、更小的亚阈区栅电压摆幅,表明其具有更好的栅控能力; 具有更小的漏源电导,更适合应用于模拟集成电路中;具有更小的阈值电压漂移,表明更能抑制短沟道效应. 同本征沟道碳纳米管场效应晶体管相比,这种非均匀掺杂碳纳米管场效应晶体管在沟道区靠近源端位置,电场强度增大, 有利于增大电子的传输速率;在沟道区靠近漏端位置,电场强度减小,更有利于抑制热电子效应.     

低偏压下单层碳纳米管的输运特征

系统地计算了各种手性碳纳米管最低导带的电子速度和有效质量的变化规律,在此基础上推断手性碳纳米管低偏压下的输运特征,计算表明:在低偏压电子输运时,同一系列(手性角相同)的各种手性金属碳纳米管的输运性质相同,与管径无关,但不同系列的手性金属碳纳米管的输运性质有明显区别;而同一系列的各种手性半导体型碳纳米管的输运性质有一定差异,但不同系列的手性半导体型碳纳米管的输运性质有着显著差异.这一结果说明:碳纳米管在低偏压下的输运特征与系列有着密切的关系,手性角是决定各种碳纳米管在低偏压下具有不同输运性质的最关键的几何参 关键词： 碳纳米管 手性角 电子速度 有效质量     

A computational prediction of total carbo-merization on single-walled carbon nanotubes

The total carbo-mer of single-walled carbon nanotubes (C-SWCNTs) are constructed by inserting two sp carbon atoms into each C-C bond in pristine single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs). The geometric, mechanical and electronic properties for these novel structures are investigated by self-consistent-field crystal calculations. The calculated zigzag and chiral C-SWCNTs are all small gap semiconductors, whereas the metallic property is still kept in the armchair C-SWCNT. The calculated Young's moduli of C-SWCNTs are smaller than those of SWCNTs. Our calculations show that the zigzag C-SWCNTs have higher mobility than the corresponding SWCNTs. Moreover, the calculated mobility of the C-SWCNTs has a periodic change with the change of the tube diameters.     

The calculation of energy gaps in small single-walled carbon nanotubes within a symmetry-adapted tight-binding model

This paper studies in detail the electronic properties of the semimetallic single-walled carbon nanotubes by applying the symmetry-adapted tight-binding model.It is found that the hybridization of π-σ states caused by the curvature produces an energy gap at the vicinity of the Fermi level.Such effects are obvious for the small zigzag and chiral single-walled carbon nanotubes.The energy gaps decrease as the diameters and the chiral angles of the tubes increase,while the top of the valence band and the bottom of the conduction band of armchair tubes cross at the Fermi level.The numeral results agree well with the experimental results.     

Electronic properties of multi-defected zigzag carbon nanotubes

Electronic properties of multi-defected zigzag single-walled carbon nanotubes are investigated by use of the tight-binding Green's function method. The Stone-Wales defects and the vacancies are considered. We find that the conductance sensitively depends on the realistic defect configurations for the metallic zigzag carbon nanotubes. Interestingly, the electronic transport properties of the nanotubes with three vacancies can be considered as the sum effect of two double-vacancies, while those with Stone-Wal...     

Dependence of the electrical properties of defective single-walled carbon nanotubes on the vacancy density

The relationship between the electric properties and the vacancy density in single-walled carbon nanotubes has been investigated from first principles as well as the dependence of the influencing range of a vacancy in the nanotube on the nanotube chirality.Compared with the long-range interaction of the vacancies in a single-walled carbon nanotube with non-zero chiral angle,a much shorter interaction was found between vacancies in a zigzag single-walled carbon nanotube.In this study,we investigated the bandstructure fluctuations caused by the nanotube strain,which depends on both the vacancy density and the tube chirality.These theoretical results provide new insight to understand the relationship between the local deformation of a defective single-walled carbon nanotube and its measurable electronic properties.     

Adsorption on the carbon nanotubes

Adsorption on single walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) is a subject of growing experimental and theoretical interest. The possible adsorbed patterns of atoms and molecules on the single-walled carbon nanotubes vary with the diameters and chirality of the tubes due to the confinement. The curvature of the carbon nanotube surface enlarges the distance of the adsorbate atoms and thus enhances the stability of high coverage structures of adsorbate. There exist two novel high-coverage stable structures of potassium adsorbed on SWCNTs, which are not stable on graphite. The electronic properties of SWCNTs can be modified by adsorbate atoms and metal-semiconductor and semiconductor-semi-conductor transitions can be achieved by the doping of alkali atoms.     

Anti-prismatic modifications of single-walled carbon nanotubes and their electronic properties: Regular adsorption of fluorine atoms on graphene surfaces of nanotubes

The regular adsorption of fluorine atoms on the surfaces of single-walled carbon nanotubes along their cylindrical axes leads to a modification of cylindrical carbon skeletons of these single-walled carbon nanotubes into carbon skeletons that have a nearly “anti-prismatic” shape (anti-prismatic modifications). In the faces of these modified single-walled carbon nanotubes, there can arise quasi-one-dimensional isolated carbon conjugated subsystems (tracks) with different structures. Model fragments of nanotubes of the (n, 0) type that contain up to 360 carbon atoms and their derivatives with regularly adsorbed fluorine atoms on the graphene surface have been calculated using the semiempirical PM3 method. It has been found that the main properties of the single-walled carbon nanotubes modified by the above method are determined by the character of the conjugation of the electrons in isolated carbon tracks, which is close to the character of the conjugation of the electrons in the initial single-walled carbon nanotubes.     

Effect of hydrogenation on the spectra of electronic and vibrational transitions in single-walled carbon nanotubes

Single-walled carbon nanotubes containing 5.4 wt% H are prepared under a hydrogen pressure of 50 kbar at the temperature T = 500°C. Analysis of the optical transmission spectra has revealed that the hydrogenation of single-walled carbon nanotubes brings about suppression of high-frequency conduction provided by free charge carriers in the nanotubes, the disappearance of interband electronic transitions, and the appearance of an absorption line at 2845 cm^?1 corresponding to stretching vibrations of the C-H bonds. The removal of hydrogen from hydrogenated single-walled carbon nanotubes owing to vacuum annealing at a temperature of 500°C is accompanied by a linear decrease in the intensity of this line as the hydrogen content in the system decreases. This phenomenon indicates that the greater part of the hydrogen atoms in single-walled carbon nanotubes are covalently bonded to the carbon atoms.     

First principles modeling of boron-doped carbon nanotube sensors

We investigated the interactions between two different geometrical configurations of single-walled carbon nanotubes and boron atoms using first-principle calculations within the framework of the density functional theory. With the aid of ab initio calculations, we introduced a new type of toxic gas sensor that can detect the presence of CO, NO and H₂ molecules. We proved that the dopant concentration on the surface of the nanotube plays a crucial role in the sensitivity of this device. Furthermore, we showed that small concentrations of dopants can modify the transport and electronic properties of the single-walled carbon nanotube and can lend metallic properties to the nanotube. Band-gap narrowing occurs when the nanotube is doped with boron atoms. The emerged new energy level near the Fermi level upon boron doping clearly indicates the coupling between the p orbital of the boron atom and the large p bond of the carbon nanotube. We also predicted a weak hybridization between the boron atoms and the nanotube for the valence-band edge states; this weak coupling leads to conducting states around the band gap.     

Giant electrical power factor in single-walled chiral carbon nanotube

Using the semiclassical approach we studied the thermoelectrical properties of single-walled chiral carbon nanotubes. We predict a giant electrical power factor and hence proposed the use of carbon nanotubes as thermoelements for refrigeration.