High-performance diodes based on black phosphorus/carbon nanomaterial heterostructures

Xiaowo Ye1, Yanming Zhang1, Shengguang Gao1

  • 1National Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Micro/Nano Fabrication, Key Laboratory for Thin Film and Microfabrication of Ministry of Education, Department of Micro/Nano Electronics, School of Electronic Information and Electrical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai 200240 China chen.c.x@sjtu.edu.cn.

Nanoscale Advances
|May 5, 2023
PubMed
Summary

High-performance diodes were created using black phosphorus (BP) and carbon nanomaterials. These heterostructures, including BP/single-walled carbon nanotube (SWCNT) and BP nanoribbon (PNR)/graphene, show excellent rectification ratios for advanced integrated circuits.

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