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Defect engineering in a semiconductor nanowire-based device has aroused intensive attention due to its fascinating properties and the potential applications in nanoelectronics. Here in this work, in order to investigate the effect of oxygen defects on the electrical transport properties in a SnO2-nanowire-based device under normal environment, we synthesize an individual SnO2 nanowire, by a thermal chemical vapor deposition method and further construct a two-terminal Au/SnO2 nanowire/Au device by using optical lithography. The electrical transport properties of a single SnO2 nanowire device are measured under the condition of air and vacuum after hydrogen reduction. It is found that the transport performances in air are unusually different from those in vacuum. Strikingly, the reduction of electric current through the device and the increment of contact barrier of the Au/SnO2 interface in air can be observed with the I-V scan times increasing. While in vacuum, the current increases and a change from Schottky contact to ohmic contact at the interface between Au and SnO2 can be obtained by performing more scans. Our results demonstrate that the oxygen vacancy concentrations caused by the oxygen atom adsorption and desorption on the surface of nanowires play the key role in the transport properties. Furthermore, we calculate the relevant electronic properties, including energy band structure, density of states, as well as I-V characters and transmission spectrum at the interface of Au/SnO2 within the framework of density functional theory. We find that the bandgap of SnO2 nanowires decreases with oxygen vacancy concentration increasing. Also, the existence of oxygen defects enlarges the electron transmission at the interface of Au/SnO2 and enhances electrical transport. Therefore, our results provide a new strategy for designing the integrated nano-functional SnO2-based devices.
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Keywords:
- two-terminal Au/SnO2 nanowire/Au device /
- electrical transport /
- oxygen vacancy /
- first-principles calculations
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[1] Wen B, Cao M S, Lu M M, Cao W Q, Shi H L, Liu J, Wang X X, Jin H B, Fang X Y, Wang W Z, Yuan J 2014 Adv. Mater. 26 3484
[2] Fang X Y, Yu X X, Zheng H M, Jin H B, Wang L, Cao X M 2015 Phys. Lett. A 379 2245
[3] Zhao Y L, Zhang W L, Yang B, Liu J Q, Chen X, Wang X L, Yang C S 2017 Nanotechnology 28 452002
[4] Dang T V, Hoa N D, Duy N V, Hieu N V 2016 ACS Appl. Mater. Inter. 8 4828
[5] Rao K R, Pishgar S, Strain J, Kumar B, Atla V, Sudesh K, Spurgeon M 2018 J. Mater. Chem. A 6 1736
[6] Cao M S, Wang X X, Cao W Q, Fang X Y, Wen B, Yuan J 2018 Small 14 1800987
[7] Gong P, Li Y J, Jia Y H, Li Y L, Li S L, Fang X Y, Cao M S 2018 Phys. Lett. A 382 2484
[8] Joo M K, Huh J, Mouis M, Park S J, Jeon D Y, Jang D, Lee J H, Kim G T, Ghibaudo G 2013 Appl. Phys. Lett. 102 053114
[9] He Y, Zhao Y P, Quan J, Ouyang G 2016 J. Appl. Phys. 120 144302
[10] Chen Z W, Pan D Y, Li Z, Jiao Z, Wu M H, Shek C H, Wu C M L, Lai J K L 2014 Chem. Rev. 114 7442
[11] Dang T V, Hoa N D, Duy N V, Hieu N V 2016 ACS Appl. Mater. Inter. 8 4828
[12] Kuang Q, Lao C S, Wang Z L, Xie Z X, Zheng L S 2007 J. Am. Chem. Soc. 129 6070
[13] Sysoev V V, Strelcov E, Kar S, Kolmakov A 2011 Thin Solid Films 520 898
[14] Lupan O, Wolff N, Postica V, Braniste T, Paulowicz I, Hrkac V, Mishra Y K, Tiginyanu I, Kienle L, Adelung R 2018 Ceram. Int. 44 4859
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[19] Yuan Y, Wang Y, Wang M, Liu J, Pei C, Liu B, Zhao H, Liu S, Yang H 2017 Sci. Rep. 7 1231
[20] Batzill M, Chaka A M, Diebold U 2004 Europhys. Lett. 65 61
[21] Keiper T D, Barreda J L, Zheng J P, Xiong P 2017 Nanotechnology 28 055701
[22] Nieh C H, Lu M L, Weng T M, Chen Y F 2014 Appl. Phys. Lett. 104 213501
[23] Kwoka M, Krzywiecki M 2017 Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 8 514
[24] Makkonen I, Korhonen E, Prozheeva V, Tuomisto F 2016 J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 28 224002
[25] Li Y J, Li S L, Gong P, Li Y L, Fang X Y, Jia Y H, Cao M S 2018 Phys. B: Condens. Matter 539 72
[26] Yang J J, Pickett M D, Li X M, Ohlberg D A A, Stewart D R, Williams R S 2008 Nat. Nanotechnol. 3 429
[27] Perdew J P, Burke K, Ernzerhof M 1996 Phys. Rev. Lett. 77 3865
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[29] Guo D L, Hu C G 2012 Appl. Surf. Sci. 258 6987
[30] Stradi D, Martinez U, Blom A, Brandbyge M, Stokbro K 2016 Phys. Rev. B 93 155302
[31] Datta S 1997 Electronic Transport in Mesoscopic Systems (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press) pp102-112
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