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Johannes Svensson, Abdelrahim A. Sourab, Yury Tarakanov, Dong Su Lee, Seung Joo Park, Seung Jae Baek, Yung Woo Park, Eleanor E.B. Campbell, " Nanotube diameter dependence of the Schottky barrier height for Pd-carbon nanotube contacts ", Nanotechnology 20, 175204 (2009) [pdf]


Abstract

Direct measurements are presented of the Schottky barrier (SB) heights of carbon nanotube devices contacted with Pd electrodes. The SB barrier heights were determined from the activation energy of the temperature-dependent thermionic emission current in the off-state of the devices. The barrier heights generally decrease with increasing diameter of the nanotubes and they are in agreement with the values expected when assuming little or no influence of Fermi level pinning.