Abstract
In situ Raman spectroscopy technique was employed to investigate the ion transport process and to determine the concomitant electrochemical tuning of Fermi level in single-wall carbon nanotube. The variation of structural bonding in single-wall carbon nanotube bundle dipped in aqueous alkaline earth halide electrolyte such as Ca Cl2 with electrochemical biasing was monitored. It is because Raman can detect changes in C-C bond length through radial breathing mode at ∼184 cm-1 that varies inversely with the nanotube diameter and the G band at ∼1590 cm-1 that varies with the axial bond length. Consistent reversible and substantial variations in Raman intensity of both the modes induced by electrode potential point at the fine and continuous tuning (alternatively, emptying/depleting or filling) of the specific bonding and antibonding states. Qualitatively, the results were explained in terms of changes in the energy gaps between the one-dimensional van Hove singularities present in the electron density of states arising possibly due to the alterations in the overlap integral of π bonds between the p orbitals of the adjacent carbon atoms. We estimated the extent of variation of the absolute potential of the Fermi level and overlap integral (γ0) between the nearest-neighbor carbon atoms from modeling the electrochemical potential dependence of Raman intensity. Observations also suggest that the work function of the tube is larger for the metallic nanotubes in contrast to the simultaneously present semiconducting nanotubes.
Department(s)
Physics, Astronomy, and Materials Science
Document Type
Article
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2357839
Rights Information
© 2006 American Institute of Physics. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and AIP Publishing. This article appeared in Journal of Applied Physics and may be found at https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2357839.
Publication Date
11-7-2006
Recommended Citation
Gupta, S., and J. Robertson. "Ion transport and electrochemical tuning of Fermi level in single-wall carbon nanotube probed by in situ Raman scattering." Journal of applied physics 100, no. 8 (2006): 083711.
Journal Title
Journal of Applied Physics
