{
  "id": "1003.3705",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "2010-03-19T02:49:49.000Z",
  "updated": "2010-03-19T02:49:49.000Z",
  "title": "Electron transport through Al-ZnO-Al: an {\\it ab initio} calculation",
  "authors": [
    "Zijiang Yang",
    "Langhui Wan",
    "Yunjin Yu",
    "Yadong Wei",
    "Jian Wang"
  ],
  "comment": "10 pages, 6 figures",
  "categories": [
    "cond-mat.mes-hall"
  ],
  "abstract": "The electron transport properties of ZnO nano-wires coupled by two aluminium electrodes were studied by {\\it ab initio} method based on non-equilibrium Green's function approach and density functional theory. A clearly rectifying current-voltage characteristics was observed. It was found that the contact interfaces between Al-O and Al-Zn play important roles in the charge transport at low bias voltage and give very asymmetric I-V characteristics. When the bias voltage increases, the negative differential resistance occurs at negative bias voltage. The charge accumulation was calculated and its behavior was found to be well correlated with the I-V characteristics. We have also calculated the electrochemical capacitance which exhibits three plateaus at different bias voltages which may have potential device application.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "2010-03-19T02:49:49.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "subjects": [
      "73.40.Sx",
      "73.40.Ns",
      "73.40.Ei",
      "72.20.Fr",
      "73.63.Nm",
      "82.45.-h"
    ],
    "keywords": [
      "ab initio",
      "electron transport",
      "non-equilibrium greens function approach",
      "calculation",
      "al-zn play important roles"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "journal article"
    ],
    "publication": {
      "doi": "10.1063/1.3467000",
      "journal": "Journal of Applied Physics",
      "year": 2010,
      "month": "Aug",
      "volume": 108,
      "number": 3,
      "pages": 3704
    },
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 10,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable",
      "adsabs": "2010JAP...108c3704Y"
    }
  }
}