The Energy Spectrum of Graphene Doped with Nitrogen Impurity

S. P. Repetskyi, V. A. Skotnykov, V. V. Shastun, D. K. Cheshkivskyi, A. A. Yatsenyuk

Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, 64 Volodymyrska Str., 01601 Kyiv, Ukraine

Received: 18.02.2014. Download: PDF

On the basis of tight-binding model, the electronic structure of graphene doped with N atoms is investigated. A set of wave functions of $2s$- and $2p$-states of noninteracting neutral C atoms are chosen as the basis. In a given study, the first three coordination spheres are taken into account for calculation of Hamiltonian matrix elements. As found, the hybridization of bands leads to a splitting of the energy spectrum of electrons in the Fermi energy region. Due to the overlapping of the energy bands, the above-mentioned gap manifests itself as quasi-gap, in which the electron density of states has a much lower value in comparison with other areas of the spectrum.

Key words: graphene doped with nitrogen, electron energy spectrum, tight-binding model.

URL: http://mfint.imp.kiev.ua/en/abstract/v36/i04/0547.html

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15407/mfint.36.04.0547

PACS: 71.15.Ap, 71.20.Tx, 71.27.+a, 71.28.+d, 72.10.-d, 75.30.Mb, 75.40.Cx

Citation: S. P. Repetskyi, V. A. Skotnykov, V. V. Shastun, D. K. Cheshkivskyi, and A. A. Yatsenyuk, The Energy Spectrum of Graphene Doped with Nitrogen Impurity, Metallofiz. Noveishie Tekhnol., 36, No. 4: 547—550 (2014) (in Ukrainian)


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