Effects of metallic electrodes on the thermoelectric properties of zigzag graphene nanoribbons with periodic vacancies

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We theoretically analyze the thermoelectric properties of graphene quantum dot arrays (GQDAs) with line- or surface-contacted metal electrodes. Such GQDAs are realized as zigzag graphene nanoribbons (ZGNRs) with periodic vacancies. Gaps and minibands are formed in these GQDAs, which can have metallic and semiconducting phases. The electronic states of the first conduction (valence) miniband with nonlinear dispersion may have long coherent lengths along the zigzag edge direction. With line-contacted metal electrodes, the GQDAs have the characteristics of serially coupled quantum dots (SCQDs) if the armchair edge atoms of the ZGNRs are coupled to the electrodes. By contrast, the GQDAs have the characteristics of parallel quantum dots if the zigzag edge atoms are coupled to the electrodes. The maximum thermoelectric power factors of SCQDs with line-contacted electrodes of Cu, Au, Pt, Pd, or Ti at room temperature were similar or greater than 0.186 nW K−1; their figures of merit were greater than three. GQDAs with line-contacted metal electrodes have much better thermoelectric performance than surface contacted metal electrodes.

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文章編號305301
期刊Journal of Physics Condensed Matter
35
發行號30
DOIs
出版狀態已出版 - 2 8月 2023

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