摘要
Recent experiment shows that scandium （Sc） can make a good performance contact with carbon nanotubes （CNTs） to fabricate n-type field effect transistor （n-FET）. We study the Schottky barrier （SB） of scandium （Sc） and palladium （Pd） with a （8,0） single-wall CNT （SWCNT） using first-principles calculation. It is found that the p-type SB height （SBH） of the Pd-CNT contact is about 0.34 eV, which is in good agreement with the experimental data. For the Sc-CNT contact, an n-type contact is formed and the SBH is about O.08eV in agreement with the experimental observations. Our calculation demonstrates that by contacting CNT with Pd and Sc, p-FET and n-FET can be fabricated, respectively. The dipole effect at the interface is used to explain our result.
Recent experiment shows that scandium （Sc） can make a good performance contact with carbon nanotubes （CNTs） to fabricate n-type field effect transistor （n-FET）. We study the Schottky barrier （SB） of scandium （Sc） and palladium （Pd） with a （8,0） single-wall CNT （SWCNT） using first-principles calculation. It is found that the p-type SB height （SBH） of the Pd-CNT contact is about 0.34 eV, which is in good agreement with the experimental data. For the Sc-CNT contact, an n-type contact is formed and the SBH is about O.08eV in agreement with the experimental observations. Our calculation demonstrates that by contacting CNT with Pd and Sc, p-FET and n-FET can be fabricated, respectively. The dipole effect at the interface is used to explain our result.
