Controlled doping of carbon nanotubes is elemental for their electronic applications. Here we report an approach to tune the polarity and degree of doping of single-walled carbon nanotubes via filling with nickelocene followed by encapsulated reactions. Using Raman, photoemission spectroscopy and transmission electron microscopy, we show that nickelocene molecules transform into nickel carbides...

Since the discovery of the superconductivity in boron-doped diamond [1], the carrier doping, especially boron doping in carbon materials attracts much attentions. For the carbon nanotube, however, the effect of boron doping as well as the possibility of the superconductivity [2] have not been well understood yet. Thus, we systematically study the boron-doped single-walled zigzag carbon nanotube...

The excitement of nano-test-tube chemistry in a single-walled carbon nanotube is exemplified in our study on electron doping in carbon nanotubes. Electron doping through the 1D van Hove singularity of single-walled carbon nanotubes is realized via a chemical reaction of an encapsulated organocerium compound, CeCp3. The decomposition of CeCp3 inside the carbon nanotubes increases the doping leve...

Lithium ion batteries are among the most used rechargeable batteries in the world. Carbon nanostructures including carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are considered as important electrode materials for this kind of batteries. Therefore improving the performance of these carbon based electrodes in Lithium ion batteries is an important issue and attracts much attention in the battery community. In this manu...

Multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNT)-doped TiO2 thin films were synthesized by the dip-coating method. The obtained products were characterized by SEM, EDX, XRD, and UV-vis absorption spectroscopy. The XRD patterns showed the presence of anatase phase. Absorption spectrum of MWCNT-doped TiO2 revealed a red shift in the optical absorption edge due to carbon doping. The photocatalytic properties...

We report the structural transformations of carbon via melt spinning and subsequent annealing nickel-carbon alloys. attained metastable solid solubility in nickel ribbon by achieving a rapid solidification rate up to 1.6 × 106 K/s. Excess atoms were found be dissolved lattice causing 1.4% strain for an alloy spun at 70 m/s tangential wheel speeds. High temperature heat treatments led precipitat...

Carbon-tetrabromide CBr4 is utilized as the p-type doping source in modulation-doped pseudomorphic In0.3Ga0.7Sb /AlxGa1−xSb quantum well structure. Carbon delta-doping is achieved by switching off group III elements while the flow of CBr4 is on during the growth of AlSb barrier layer. The hole mobility of strained In0.3Ga0.7Sb quantum well decreases monotonically from 600 to 400 cm2 /V s while ...

the doping reaction of truncated boron nitride and carbon nanotubes with aluminium atom wastheoretically investigated. the am1, pm3, and pm6 semiempirical methods have been used toevaluate the thermochemistry of doping reactions of single walled boron nitride nanotubes andcarbon nanotubes. the enthalpy changes, gibbs free energy changes, and entropy changes of studieddoping reactions were evalu...

To determine the impact of including edge states on phase diagram a spinless Falicov-Kimball model Haldane lattice, study corresponding ribbon geometry with zigzag edges is conducted. By varying widths, distinction between effects connected to mere presence and those originating from interference established. The local doping caused by former shown give rise topologically trivial bulk insulator...

By computing spin-polarized electronic transport across a finite zigzag graphene ribbon bridging two metallic graphene electrodes, we demonstrate, as a proof of principle, that devices featuring 100% magnetoresistance can be built entirely out of carbon. In the ground state a short zigzag ribbon is an antiferromagnetic insulator which, when connecting two metallic electrodes, acts as a tunnel b...