Current-voltage characteristics of individual conducting polymer nanotubes and nanowires |
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Authors: | Long Yun-Ze Yin Zhi-Hu Li Meng-Meng Gu Chang-Zhi Duvail Jean-Lu Jin Ai-Zi and Wan Mei-Xiang |
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Institution: | College of Physics Science, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, China; Institut des Mat '{eriaux Jean Rouxel, Universit '{e de Nantes, 44322 Nantes, CNRS, France; Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences,
Beijing 100190, China; Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China |
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Abstract: | We report the current-voltage (I--V) characteristics of
individual polypyrrole nanotubes and
poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) (PEDOT) nanowires in a temperature
range from 300~K to 2~K. Considering the complex structures of such
quasi-one-dimensional systems with an array of ordered conductive
regions separated by disordered barriers, we use the extended
fluctuation-induced tunneling (FIT) and thermal excitation model
(Kaiser expression) to fit the temperature and electric-field
dependent I--V curves. It is found that the I--V data
measured at higher temperatures or higher voltages can be well
fitted by the Kaiser expression. However, the low-temperature data
around the zero bias clearly deviate from those obtained from this
model. The deviation (or zero-bias conductance suppression) could be
possibly ascribed to the occurrence of the Coulomb-gap in the density of
states near the Femi level and/or the enhancement of electron-electron
interaction resulting from nanosize effects, which have been
revealed in the previous studies on low-temperature electronic
transport in conducting polymer films, pellets and nanostructures.
In addition, similar I--V characteristics and deviation are also
observed in an isolated K0.27MnO2 nanowire. |
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Keywords: | conducting polymers I--V
curves nanotubes/wires |
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