Engineering Graphene Nanoribbons via Periodically Embedding Oxygen Atoms
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| author | Zhao, Yan Kang, Li-Xia Wang, Yi-Jun Wu, Yi Xing, Guang-Yan Li, Shi-Wen Pan, Jinliang Wang, Nie-Wei Ren, Yin-Ti Wang, Ying Zhu, Ya-Cheng Shi, Xing-Qiang Liu, Mengxi Qiu, Xiaohui Liu, Pei-Nian Li, Deng-Yuan |
| author_facet | Zhao, Yan Kang, Li-Xia Wang, Yi-Jun Wu, Yi Xing, Guang-Yan Li, Shi-Wen Pan, Jinliang Wang, Nie-Wei Ren, Yin-Ti Wang, Ying Zhu, Ya-Cheng Shi, Xing-Qiang Liu, Mengxi Qiu, Xiaohui Liu, Pei-Nian Li, Deng-Yuan |
| contents | Heteroatom doping is an important method for engineering graphene nanoribbons (GNRs) because of its ability to modify electronic properties by introducing extra electrons or vacancies. However, precisely integrating oxygen atoms into the lattice of GNRs is unexplored, and the resulting electronic properties remain elusive. Here, we achieve the precise embedding of oxygen atoms into the lattice of GNRs via in situ formation of pyrans, synthesizing two types of oxygen-doped GNRs (O-doped chevron-GNR and O-doped chiral (2,1)-GNR). Using scanning tunneling microscopy, non-contact atomic force microscopy, and density functional theory calculations, the atomic structures and electronic properties of O-doped GNRs are determined, demonstrating that both GNRs are direct bandgap semiconductors with different sensitivities to oxygen dopants. Oxygen dopants have a minor impact on the bandgap of chevron-GNR but a significant effect on the bandgap of chiral (2,1)-GNR, which is attributed to the difference in density of states near the Fermi level between substituted intrinsic carbon atoms and their pristine counterparts. Compared with the pristine chiral (2,1)-GNR, the band structure of O-doped chiral (2,1)-GNR exhibits unexpected band edges transition, which is ascribed to sp2-hybridized oxygen atoms which introduces additional electrons to the conduction band of chiral (2,1)-GNR, leading to the upward shift of Fermi surface. |
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| spellingShingle | Engineering Graphene Nanoribbons via Periodically Embedding Oxygen Atoms Zhao, Yan Kang, Li-Xia Wang, Yi-Jun Wu, Yi Xing, Guang-Yan Li, Shi-Wen Pan, Jinliang Wang, Nie-Wei Ren, Yin-Ti Wang, Ying Zhu, Ya-Cheng Shi, Xing-Qiang Liu, Mengxi Qiu, Xiaohui Liu, Pei-Nian Li, Deng-Yuan Materials Science Chemical Physics Heteroatom doping is an important method for engineering graphene nanoribbons (GNRs) because of its ability to modify electronic properties by introducing extra electrons or vacancies. However, precisely integrating oxygen atoms into the lattice of GNRs is unexplored, and the resulting electronic properties remain elusive. Here, we achieve the precise embedding of oxygen atoms into the lattice of GNRs via in situ formation of pyrans, synthesizing two types of oxygen-doped GNRs (O-doped chevron-GNR and O-doped chiral (2,1)-GNR). Using scanning tunneling microscopy, non-contact atomic force microscopy, and density functional theory calculations, the atomic structures and electronic properties of O-doped GNRs are determined, demonstrating that both GNRs are direct bandgap semiconductors with different sensitivities to oxygen dopants. Oxygen dopants have a minor impact on the bandgap of chevron-GNR but a significant effect on the bandgap of chiral (2,1)-GNR, which is attributed to the difference in density of states near the Fermi level between substituted intrinsic carbon atoms and their pristine counterparts. Compared with the pristine chiral (2,1)-GNR, the band structure of O-doped chiral (2,1)-GNR exhibits unexpected band edges transition, which is ascribed to sp2-hybridized oxygen atoms which introduces additional electrons to the conduction band of chiral (2,1)-GNR, leading to the upward shift of Fermi surface. |
| title | Engineering Graphene Nanoribbons via Periodically Embedding Oxygen Atoms |
| topic | Materials Science Chemical Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.18753 |