1 Carbon Nanotube Structure, Electronic, and Transport
Properties ................................................... 1
1.1 Introduction ............................................ 1
1.2 Structure of Carbon Nanotubes ........................... 2
1.2.1 Vector Notation and Structure Type of Carbon
Nanotubes ........................................ 2
1.2.2 Metallic and Semiconducting Carbon Nanotubes ..... 3
1.3 Electronic Properties of Carbon Nanotubes ............... 4
1.3.1 Dispersion Relation of SWCNTs .................... 4
1.3.2 Band Structure of SWCNTs ......................... 5
1.3.3 Density of State for SWCNTs ...................... 8
1.4 Transport in Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes ............. 9
1.5 Conclusion ............................................. 11
References .................................................. 12
2 Synthesis and Purification of Carbon Nanotubes .............. 15
2.1 Introduction ........................................... 15
2.2 Synthesis Methods of Carbon Nanotubes .................. 16
2.2.1 Arc Discharge Method ............................ 16
2.2.2 Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD) Method .......... 19
2.2.3 Laser Ablation Method ........................... 21
2.3 Growth Mechanism of Carbon Nanotubes ................... 22
2.4 Purification of Carbon Nanotubes ....................... 23
2.4.1 Purification Method ............................. 23
2.4.2 Purification Effect ............................. 24
2.5 Conclusion ............................................. 27
References .................................................. 28
3 Directed Alignment of Carbon Nanotubes ...................... 31
3.1 Introduction ........................................... 31
3.2 AC Electric Field-Assisted Alignment of Carbon
Nanotubes .............................................. 32
3.2.1 AC Dielectrophoresis Method of SWCNTs ........... 32
3.2.2 Solubility and Dispersivity of Surface
Modified SWCNTs ................................. 32
3.2.3 Directed Alignment Effect of SWCNTs ............. 34
3.2.4 Electrical Characteristics of Aligned SWCNTs .... 36
3.3 Langmuir-Blodgett Technique for the Alignment of
Carbon Nanotubes ....................................... 37
3.3.1 Langmuir-Blodgett Method ........................ 38
3.3.2 Alignment Effect of Langmuir-Blodgett Method .... 39
3.3.3 Polarized Raman Spectroscopy of Aligned
SWCNTs .......................................... 43
3.3.4 Alignment Mechanism of Langmuir-Blodgett
Method .......................................... 44
3.4 Conclusion ............................................. 45
References .................................................. 45
4 Ultrasonic Nanowelding Technology Between Carbon Nanotubes
and Metal Electrodes ........................................ 47
4.1 Introduction ........................................... 47
4.2 Conventional Fabrication Method of Carbon
Nanotube/Metal Contacts ................................ 48
4.3 Ultrasonic Nanowelding Technology of Carbon
Nanotubes to Metal Electrodes .......................... 50
4.3.1 Process of Ultrasonic Nanowelding ............... 50
4.3.2 Effect of Ultrasonic Nanowelding ................ 51
4.3.3 Nature of Nanowelded Carbon Nanotube/Metal
Contacts ........................................ 53
4.4 Characteristics of Nanowelded Carbon Nanotube/Metal
Contacts ............................................... 54
4.4.1 Electrical Characteristics of Nanowelded
Metallic SWCNTs ................................. 54
4.4.2 Electrical Characteristics of Nanowelded
Semiconducting SWCNTs ........................... 57
4.4.3 Barrier of Nanowelded Contacts .................. 58
4.4.4 Mechanical Strength of Nanowelded Contacts ...... 59
4.5 Conclusion ............................................. 61
References .................................................. 62
5 Nanowelded Multichannel Carbon-Nanotube Field-Effect
Transistors (MC-CNTFETs) .................................... 63
5.1 Introduction ........................................... 63
5.2 Present Optimization Methods for CNTFETs ............... 64
5.2.1 Decrease the Contact Resistance Between SWCNTs
and Metal Electrodes ............................ 65
5.2.2 Increase the Tuning Efficiency of Gate to
SWCNT Channels .................................. 65
5.2.3 Shorten the SWCNT Channel Length ................ 69
5.2.4 Adopt the Optimized Device Structure ............ 69
5.3 NonNanowelded MC-CNTFETs ............................... 71
5.3.1 Device Fabrication .............................. 71
5.3.2 Device Characteristics .......................... 74
5.3.3 Device Reliability .............................. 77
5.4 Nanowelded MC-CNTFETs .................................. 77
5.4.1 Device Fabrication Processes ................... 77
5.4.2 Nanowelded p-type MC-CNTFETs .................... 79
5.4.3 Nanowelded n-Type MC-CNTFETs .................... 80
5.4.4 SWCNT Complementary Logic Inverters ............. 81
5.5 Conclusion ............................................. 82
References .................................................. 82
6 Carbon-Nanotube Solar Photovoltaic Microcells with
Nanowelded Contacts ......................................... 85
6.1 Introduction ........................................... 85
6.2 Traditional Application of Carbon Nanotubes in Solar
Photovoltaic Cells ..................................... 86
6.2.1 Using Carbon Nanotubes as Transport Path ........ 86
6.2.2 Using Carbon Nanotubes as Transparent
Electrodes ...................................... 88
6.3 Fabrication of Nanowelded Carbon-Nanotube Solar
Photovoltaic Microcells ................................ 90
6.4 Characteristics of Nanowelded Carbon-Nanotube Solar
Photovoltaic Microcells ................................ 92
6.4.1 Photovoltaic Effect of the Device ............... 92
6.4.2 Physical Mechanism of the Device ................ 93
6.4.3 Power Conversion Efficiency of the Device ....... 94
6.5 Simulation of Carbon-Nanotube Solar Photovoltaic
Microcells ............................................. 95
6.6 Conclusion ............................................. 99
References ............................................ 100
Index ......................................................... 103
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