THERMALLY ACTIVATED ELECTRIC CONDUCTION IN CARBON NANOTUBES

被引:24
作者
NAKAYAMA, Y
AKITA, S
SHIMADA, Y
机构
[1] Department of Physics and Electronics, College of Engineering, University of Osaka Prefecture, Osaka Sakai, 593
来源
JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS PART 2-LETTERS | 1995年 / 34卷 / 1A期
关键词
CARBON NANOTUBES; ELECTRIC CONDUCTION; THERMAL ACTIVATION ENERGY; SEMICONDUCTOR; ARC DISCHARGE;
D O I
10.1143/JJAP.34.L10
中图分类号
O59 [应用物理学];
学科分类号
摘要
Thermally activated electric conduction has been measured for carbon nanotubes lying on coplanar electrodes. Linear current-voltage characteristics suggest that the measured activation energies ranging from 0.03 to 0.13 eV reflect the characteristics of semiconducting nanotubes. The activation energies are discussed in terms of the diameters of nanotubes with high yields.
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页码:L10 / L12
页数:3
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