Probation of charge transport with chalcogens as linker group for C20 fullerene

In this paper, we explored the superconductive nature of fullerenes for its applications in molecular electronics. The fullerenes that we exploited for this research work were C20 and its three variants; formed by anchoring with oxygen, sulphur and selenium atoms from chalcogens group (Group xvi) of periodic table. Next, the self-consistent calculations using Extended Hückel Theory (EHT)–Non Equilibrium Green Function (NEGF) were performed in extended molecule configuration in which fullerene molecule was bridged in gold electrodes. The quantum characteristics of these variants were scrutinized and compared, which demonstrated the electrical superiority of pure C20 molecule over the rest of its variants.