Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1811102 | Physica B: Condensed Matter | 2011 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
By applying non-equilibrium Green's functions in combination with density-functional theory, we investigate electronic transport properties of C60 coupled to carbon nanotubes and Li electrodes. The results show that electronic transport properties of CNT-C60-CNT and Li-C60-Li systems are completely different. Nonlinear I-V characteristic, varistor-type behavior and negative differential resistance (NDR) phenomenon are observed when electrodes are carbon nanotubes. We discuss the mechanism of I-V characteristics of CNT-C60-CNT systems in details. Our results suggest conductance, energy level of Frontier molecular orbitals, energy gap between HOMO and LUMO, the coupling between molecular orbitals and electrodes are all playing critical roles in electronic transport properties.
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Authors
Guo-Ying Tu, Da-Peng Guo, Bing-Rui Li, Hao-Li Zhang,