Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2009
Department
Mathematics
Abstract
Current-voltage I-V characteristics of different ZnO nanostructures were studied using a combined nonequilibrium Green’s function and density functional theory techniques with the two-probe model. It was found that I-V characteristics of ZnO nanostructures depend strongly on their geometry. For wurtzite ZnO nanowires, currents decrease with increasing lengths under the same applied voltage conditions. The I-V characteristics are similar for single-walled ZnO nanotubes and triangular cross section ZnO nanowires but they are different from I-V characteristics of hexagonal cross section ZnO nanowires. Finally, our results are discussed in the context of calculated transmission spectra and densities of states.
Recommended Citation
Yang, Zhiwen; Wen, Bin; Melnik, Roderick V.N.; and Li, Tingju, "Geometry Dependent Current-Voltage Characteristics of ZnO Nanostructures: A Combined Nonequilibrium Green’s Function and Density Functional Theory Study" (2009). Mathematics Faculty Publications. 39.
https://scholars.wlu.ca/math_faculty/39
Comments
This article was originally published in Applied Physics Letters 95: 192101. © 2009 American Institute of Physics.