Electron and phonon transport in twisted graphene nanoribbons

Aleandro Antidormi, Miquel Royo, Riccardo Rurali
2017 Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics  
We theoretically study the electrical, thermal and thermoelectric transport properties of graphene nanoribbons under torsional deformations. The modelling follows a nonequilibrium Green's function approach in the ballistic transport regime, describing the electrical and phononic properties through ab-initio density functional theory and empirical interatomic potentials, respectively. We consider two different types of deformations, a continuous twist of a given angle applied to the nanoribbon,
more » ... nd two consecutive twists applied in opposite angular directions. The numerical results are carefully analysed in terms of spatially-resolved electron eigenchannels, polarization-dependent phonon transmission and thermoelectric figure-of-merit.
doi:10.1088/1361-6463/aa6fd3 fatcat:snmsrvmtojbgvcasdlf77pja4a