Issue 13, 2018

Electronic characterization of silicon intercalated chevron graphene nanoribbons on Au(111)

Abstract

Electronic and thermal properties of chevron-type graphene nanoribbons can be widely tuned, making them interesting candidates for electronic and thermoelectric applications. Here, we use post-growth silicon intercalation to unambiguously access nanoribbons’ energy position of their electronic frontier states. These are otherwise obscured by substrate effects when investigated directly on the growth substrate. In agreement with first-principles calculations we find a band gap of 2.4 eV.

Graphical abstract: Electronic characterization of silicon intercalated chevron graphene nanoribbons on Au(111)

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
03 Nov 2017
Accepted
08 Jan 2018
First published
08 Jan 2018

Chem. Commun., 2018,54, 1619-1622

Electronic characterization of silicon intercalated chevron graphene nanoribbons on Au(111)

O. Deniz, C. Sánchez-Sánchez, R. Jaafar, N. Kharche, L. Liang, V. Meunier, X. Feng, K. Müllen, R. Fasel and P. Ruffieux, Chem. Commun., 2018, 54, 1619 DOI: 10.1039/C7CC08353J

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