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Band gap modulation of a carbon nanotube by hydrogen functionalization

  • Keun Soo Kim
  • , Kyung Ah Park
  • , Hyun Jin Kim
  • , Dong Jae Bae
  • , Seong Chu Lim
  • , Young Hee Lee
  • , Jae Ryong Kim
  • , Ju Jin Kim
  • , Won Bong Choi
  • Sungkyunkwan University
  • Jeonbuk National University
  • Samsung

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Abstract

We have investigated a modification of electronic structures of a carbon nanotube by hydrogen functionalization. Carbon nanotubes were exposed to atomic hydrogen which was generated by a hot tungsten filament in the vacuum chamber. Current-voltage characteristics clearly showed a band gap widening after hydrogenation. This was explained by an enhancement of sp3 hybridization with hydrogen chemisorption on the tube wall. Our density functional calculations also predicted a strong chemisorption with pi electron modulation and the band gap widening upon hydrogenation.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)S137-S142
JournalJournal of the Korean Physical Society
Volume42
Issue numberSPEC.
StatePublished - Feb 2003
EventProceedings of The 11th Seoul International Symposium on the Physics of Semiconductors and Apllications - 2002 - Cheju Island, Korea, Republic of
Duration: 20 Aug 200223 Aug 2002

Keywords

  • Functionalization
  • Nanotube
  • Transistor

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