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Title: Analytic modelling of Quantum Capacitance and Carrier Concentration for $β_{12}$-Borophene FET based Gas Sensor

Abstract: In this work, we investigate the physical and electronic properties of $\beta_{12}$-borophene FET-based gas sensor using a theoretical quantum capacitance model based on tight-binding approach. We study the impact of adsorbed NH$_3$, NO, NO$_2$ and CO gas molecule on its density of states, carrier concentration, quantum capacitance and I-V characteristics. We found a remarkable variation in the energy band structure and the density of states (DOS) of the $\beta_{12}$-borophene in the presence of the adsorbed gas molecule. The appearance of non-identical Van-Hove singularities in the DOS in the presence of adsorbed gas molecules strongly indicates the high sensitivity of $\beta_{12}$-borophene. We found a significant increase in the carrier concentration for NH$_3$ gas while it decreases for all other gases. Moreover, a drastic change in quantum capacitance and current-voltage relation is also observed in adsorbed gases. The different properties of the given gas molecules are compared with the pristine borophene and found to exhibit distinct wrinkles in each case, thereby indicating the strong selectivity of our proposed gas sensor. Though $\beta_{12}$ - borophene is found to be highly sensitive for all studied gases, the NO gas is found to be most sensitive compared to the others.
Subjects: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con); Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
Cite as: arXiv:2303.17902 [cond-mat.supr-con]
  (or arXiv:2303.17902v1 [cond-mat.supr-con] for this version)

Submission history

From: Saumen Acharjee [view email]
[v1] Fri, 31 Mar 2023 09:00:54 GMT (864kb)

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