Nano letters, 2013-12, Vol.13 (12), p.5925-5930
2013
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- Autor(en) / Beteiligte
- Titel
- Ultrafast Photoconductivity of Graphene Nanoribbons and Carbon Nanotubes
- Ist Teil von
- Nano letters, 2013-12, Vol.13 (12), p.5925-5930
- Ort / Verlag
- Washington, DC: American Chemical Society
- Erscheinungsjahr
- 2013
- Quelle
- MEDLINE
- Beschreibungen/Notizen
- We present a comparative study of the ultrafast photoconductivity in two different forms of one-dimensional (1D) quantum-confined graphene nanostructures: structurally well-defined semiconducting graphene nanoribbons (GNRs) fabricated by a “bottom-up” chemical synthesis approach and semiconducting carbon nanotubes (CNTs) with a similar bandgap energy. Transient photoconductivities of both materials were measured using time-resolved terahertz spectroscopy, allowing for contact-free measurements of complex-valued photoconductivity spectra with subpicosecond time-resolution. We show that, while the THz photoresponse seems very different for the two systems, a single model of free carriers experiencing backscattering when moving along the long axis of the CNTs or GNRs provides a quantitative description of both sets of results, revealing significantly longer carrier scattering times for CNTs (ca. 150 fs) than for GNRs (ca. 30 fs) and in turn higher carrier mobilities. This difference can be explained by differences in band structures and phonon scattering and the greater structural rigidity of CNTs as compared to GNRs, minimizing the influence of bending and/or torsional defects on the electron transport.
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Identifikatoren
- ISSN: 1530-6984eISSN: 1530-6992DOI: 10.1021/nl402978sTitel-ID: cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1753481661
- Format
- –
- Schlagworte
- Carbon nanotubes, Carriers, Condensed matter: structure, mechanical and thermal properties, Cross-disciplinary physics: materials science, rheology, Electron Transport, Exact sciences and technology, Fullerenes and related materials, diamonds, graphite, Graphene, Graphite - chemistry, Low-dimensional structures (superlattices, quantum well structures, multilayers): structure, and nonelectronic properties, Materials science, Mathematical models, Nanocrystalline materials, Nanoscale materials and structures: fabrication and characterization, Nanostructure, Nanotubes, Nanotubes, Carbon - chemistry, Particle Size, Photoconductivity, Physics, Scattering, Specific materials, Surfaces and interfaces, thin films and whiskers (structure and nonelectronic properties), Synthesis (chemistry)