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arXiv 2001.10186cond-mat.mes-hall
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$\textit{ab initio}$纳米结中的准费米能级分裂

Quasi-Fermi level splitting in nanoscale junctions from $\textit{ab initio}$

Juho Lee, Hyeonwoo Yeo, Yong-Hoon Kim

摘要:

准费米能级的分裂是描述半导体器件有限偏置操作的关键概念,但其原子尺度的表征仍然是一个重大挑战。在这里,非平衡QFL或电化学电位分布内的单分子结获得新开发的第一性原理多空间约束搜索密度泛函形式主义。基准的标准非平衡格林函数的计算结果,它是第一次建立,算法上的概念,单独的电极起源的非本地QFLs应保持在自洽有限偏置电子结构计算的通道区域内。对于绝缘hexandithiolate结,QFL配置文件表现出不连续性的左,右电极界面和整个分子的伴随的静电势线性下降和兰道尔剩余电阻率偶极子均匀分布。另一方面,对于导电的hexatrienedithiolate结,电极QFL渗透到沟道区并产生分裂的QFL。随着最高占据轨道进入偏置窗口并成为良好的传输通道,分裂的QFL也伴随着非线性静电势降和非对称Landauer剩余电阻率偶极子的形成。我们的研究结果强调了QFLs在纳米级结中的第一性原理提取的重要性,并为下一代电子,光电和电化学器件的计算设计指明了新的方向。

英文摘要:

The splitting of quasi-Fermi levels (QFLs) represents a key concept utilized to describe finite-bias operations of semiconductor devices, but its atomic-scale characterization remains a significant challenge. Herein, the non-equilibrium QFL or electrochemical potential profiles within single-molecule junctions obtained from the newly developed first-principles multi-space constrained-search density functional formalism are presented. Benchmarking the standard non-equilibrium Green's function calculation results, it is first established that algorithmically the notion of separate electrode-originated nonlocal QFLs should be maintained within the channel region during self-consistent finite-bias electronic structure calculations. For the insulating hexandithiolate junction, the QFL profiles exhibit discontinuities at the left and right electrode interfaces and across the molecule the accompanying electrostatic potential drops linearly and Landauer residual-resistivity dipoles are uniformly distributed. For the conducting hexatrienedithiolate junction, on the other hand, the electrode QFLs penetrate into the channel region and produce split QFLs. With the highest occupied molecular orbital entering the bias window and becoming a good transport channel, the split QFLs are also accompanied by the nonlinear electrostatic potential drop and asymmetric Landauer residua-resistivity dipole formation. Our findings underscore the importance of the first-principles extraction of QFLs in nanoscale junctions and point to a new direction for the computational design of next-generation electronic, optoelectronic, and electrochemical devices.

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