Roles of doping in enhancing the performance of graphene/graphene-like semiconductors
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Abstract
Graphene is renowned for its excellent chemical, thermal, mechanical, electrical, and optical properties, which arise from its unique bonding structure. However, graphene is intrinsically a zero-bandgap material, limiting its development in the field of flexible nanoelectronics. To expand the range of applications for graphene in electronic devices, it is crucial to develop the strategies for inducing a bandgap. One of the most effective methods is chemical doping. Doping not only alters the electronic properties of graphene by modifying its inherent gapless nature but also engenders new materials with distinctive and potentially synergistic characteristics. Although there are many reviews on the doped graphene, there is a rare one to discuss the role of doping in enhancing the performance of graphene-based semiconductors. This paper reviews various doping types and their impacts on graphene, emphasizing the effects of boron (B) doping, nitrogen (N) doping, oxygen-group doping, other non-metallic atom or atomic pair doping, and metallic doping. We will further discuss how these dopants affect the geometry, electronic structure, and mechanical properties of graphene. It is expected to be meaningful for further understanding the nature of doped graphene and building new graphene-like structures.
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OpenAlex topics: Graphene research and applications · Advanced Memory and Neural Computing · Graphene and Nanomaterials Applications
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Affiliations
School of Physics, Xidian University 1 , Xi’an, Shaanxi 710071,
Guangzhou Institute of Technology, Xidian University 2 , Guangzhou, Guangdong 510000,
Funding
Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation of Guangdong Province · Natural Science Basic Research Program of Shaanxi Province · Start-up Foundation of Xidian University · Shaanxi Province Postdoctoral Science Foundation · Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities · National 111 Center
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