Ultrafast Charge and Exciton Diffusion in Monolayer Films of 9-Armchair Graphene Nanoribbons

© 2024 The Author(s). Advanced Materials published by Wiley-VCH GmbH.

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Veröffentlicht in:Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.). - 1998. - (2024) vom: 28. Okt., Seite e2407796
1. Verfasser: Varghese, Sebin (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Mehew, Jake Dudley, Wang, Hai I, Wuttke, Michael, Zhou, Yazhou, Müllen, Klaus, Narita, Akimitsu, Cummings, Aron W, Tielrooij, Klaas-Jan
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2024
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)
Schlagworte:Journal Article charge mobility excitons graphene nanoribbons spatiotemporal microscopy
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Zusammenfassung:© 2024 The Author(s). Advanced Materials published by Wiley-VCH GmbH.
Determining the electronic transport properties of graphene nanoribbons is crucial for assessing their suitability for applications. So far, this has been highly challenging both through experimental and theoretical approaches. This is particularly the case for graphene nanoribbons that are prepared by chemical vapor deposition, which is a scalable and industry-compatible bottom-up growth method that results in closely packed arrays of ribbons with relatively short lengths of a few tens of nanometers. In this study, the experimental technique of spatiotemporal microscopy is applied to study monolayer films of 9-armchair graphene nanoribbons prepared using this growth method, and combined with linear-scaling quantum transport calculations of arrays of thousands of nanoribbons. Both approaches directly resolve electronic spreading in space and time through diffusion and give an initial diffusivity approaching 200 cm2 s-1 during the first picosecond after photoexcitation. This corresponds to a mobility up to 550 cm2 V-1 s-1. The quasi-free carriers then form excitons, which spread with a diffusivity of tens of cm2 s-1. The results indicate that this relatively large charge carrier mobility is the result of electronic transport not being hindered by defects nor inter-ribbon hopping. This confirms their suitability for applications that require efficient electronic transport
Beschreibung:Date Revised 28.10.2024
published: Print-Electronic
Citation Status Publisher
ISSN:1521-4095
DOI:10.1002/adma.202407796